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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. How does Merton differentiate himself from an "ordinary Catholic"?
(a) He needs more from religion than simply going to church.
(b) He has a lifetime of church-going behind him.
(c) He knows more about church history.
(d) He felt his faith more strongly because of a hospital experience.

2. What sin is Merton most concerned with when he begins to write poetry?
(a) Lust.
(b) Gluttony.
(c) Pride.
(d) Avarice.

3. Who are Pop and Bonnemaman?
(a) Friends of his father.
(b) People he met at school.
(c) Thomas Merton's grandparents.
(d) Neighbors of his mother.

4. What were growing interests for Merton in Olean?
(a) Sports and writing
(b) Philosophy and religion.
(c) Asceticism and contemplation.
(d) Teaching and journalism.

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. Who are M. and Mme. Privat?

2. What did Owen ask Merton to do for him while he was ill?

3. What action he performed in the summer of 1937 prompted Merton to take another step on his journey to faith?

4. What narrative convention does Merton use repeatedly in this book?

5. What is Merton afraid to tell anyone when he is teaching at St. Bonaventure?

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