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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. Who does Merton say gave him the only valuable religious and moral training he had received?
(a) His mother.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) His father.
(d) His teachers.

2. How does Merton describe his parents?
(a) They were independent and free of small prejudices.
(b) They were focused on wealth and social status.
(c) They disliked one another and planned to divorce.
(d) They were uncaring people who left him with strangers.

3. What author was an enduring influence on Merton?
(a) William Faulkner.
(b) G.M. Hopkins.
(c) William Blake.
(d) John Donne.

4. How did Merton's parents foster his love for the monastic life?
(a) They introduced him to monks.
(b) They disliked anything they considered to be bourgeois.
(c) They bought him many things.
(d) They encouraged him to be wealthy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are M. and Mme. Privat?

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

3. What medical problem plagued Merton on a backpacking trip in the Rhine Valley?

4. What language is Merton required to learn in England?

5. What did Pop do that embarrassed Merton?

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