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

2. What kind of music did Merton especially like when he felt like a rebel in New York?
(a) Beethoven symphonies
(b) The jazz of Duke Ellington
(c) Violin concertos
(d) Gregorian chant

3. What medical problem plagued Merton on a backpacking trip in the Rhine Valley?
(a) He had a heart problem and fainting spells.
(b) He had an abscessed tooth that led to gangrene.
(c) He suffered a broken leg.
(d) He broke his jaw and was hospitalized.

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

5. What did Pop do that embarrassed Merton?
(a) He sang loudly in a bar.
(b) He disciplined Merton in public.
(c) He made Merton sit in the corner at dinner.
(d) He threw money at the French people from his car window.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the school Merton attended in 1929?

2. What profession does Tom encourage Merton to prepare for?

3. Where did Merton spend his school holidays?

4. What does Merton see as his future occupation in England?

5. What does Merton love about America?

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