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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapter 4, The Sweet Savor of Liberty.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Merton want Father Edmund to do for him in regard to the novitiate?
(a) He wants Father Edmund to find a way to implement early admission to the monastery.
(b) He wants Father Edmund to call the abbot and apologize for Merton's behavior.
(c) He wants Father Edmund to stop trying to push him into a particular religious order.
(d) He wants Father Edmund to come with him to visit several monasteries.

2. With whom does Merton receive the habit he will wear as a monk?
(a) Father Edmund.
(b) Bob Lax.
(c) A friend from the university.
(d) A Carmelite he met on retreat.

3. What does Merton miss when he left France for England?
(a) The churches.
(b) The beauty of St. Antonin.
(c) His house.
(d) The Lycee.

4. Who does Merton blame for the war, besides Hitler?
(a) Himself.
(b) His father.
(c) The French people.
(d) His professors.

5. What makes Merton unhappy while he is teaching?
(a) He yearns to be a priest, but is told he doesn't have a vocation.
(b) He wants to go on retreat, but can't decide where to go.
(c) He wants to visit with his close friends, but they have been drafted.
(d) He wants to visit Europe, but doesn't have the money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Merton visit his father after the end of the school term at Oakham?

2. Who is Father Edmund?

3. When does Bonnemaman die?

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

5. Where are the student publications at the university housed?

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