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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 4, The Children in the Market Place.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What political activities does Merton participate in at the university?
(a) Writing for political publications.
(b) Student demonstrations and meetings.
(c) He is not involved with politics at the university.
(d) Church-sponsored lectures.

2. Who is Mark Van Doren?
(a) He is on Merton's running team.
(b) He is Merton's professor and trusted friend.
(c) He is Merton's friend and roommate.
(d) He is Merton's favorite priest.

3. What do the Columbia Review and the Spectator have in common?
(a) They are magazines that Pop wrote for.
(b) They are publications that represented failure to Merton.
(c) They are magazines Merton disliked.
(d) They are both student publications Merton was involved with.

4. Of which place in St. Antonin does Merton have unpleasant memories?
(a) The Lycee.
(b) The museum.
(c) The countryside.
(d) The church.

5. Who visited Merton in St. Antonin?
(a) Pop and Bonnemaman.
(b) His brother.
(c) John Paul and Owen.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Thomas Merton born?

2. What university does Merton attend in New York?

3. Who put Merton on the academic path to Cambridge University?

4. What is the "sign of the Water Bearer"?

5. How does Thomas Merton feel about his father?

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