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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 say in Part 2, Chapter 2, will not save his mind from its state of sin?
(a) Occasional trips to church.
(b) Summers in the country.
(c) Learning about philosophy.
(d) A trip to the hospital.

2. In Part 3, Chapter 3, what does Merton decide is the work he is meant to do?
(a) To write and teach.
(b) To become a priest in Rome.
(c) To own a newspaper.
(d) To work with the poor and pray.

3. Where did Merton visit his father after the end of the school term at Oakham?
(a) Scotland.
(b) London.
(c) Rome.
(d) France.

4. 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) Gregorian chant
(d) Violin concertos

5. What sends Merton into a frustrating "holding pattern"?
(a) Discovering that his friends had sabotaged him in his desire to be a priest.
(b) Finding out that he was taken off the waiting list at St. Bonaventure.
(c) Being told to withdraw his application to the monastery and that he has no vocation to be a priest.
(d) Being told that he must wait to find a teaching job until the next year.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does John Paul die?

2. What does Merton never consider once he becomes a monk?

3. What prompted Merton to confess his sins to the abbot?

4. How does Merton describe his mother?

5. What does Merton desire just before going to Olean?

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