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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 religious rule do the monks follow at Gethsemani?
(a) The Carmelite rule.
(b) The Dominican rule.
(c) The Franciscan rule.
(d) The Trappist rule.

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

3. What does Merton's brother do before leaving on his voyage?
(a) He decides to become a monk, too.
(b) He consults with a priest about Merton's vocation.
(c) He asks Merton to meet him in New York.
(d) He asks to be baptized at Gethsemani.

4. When was Thomas Merton born?
(a) January 22, 1935.
(b) January 31, 1915.
(c) February 14, 1925.
(d) January 31, 1950.

5. Where does Merton attend his first Mass?
(a) At St. John the Divine in New York.
(b) At St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York.
(c) At Gethsemane in Kentucky.
(d) At the Church of Corpus Christi in New York.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Merton go to class with the younger French children?

3. What does Merton think his motive should be for writing?

4. Where does John Paul die?

5. Where does Merton first apply for a novitiate?

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