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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 did Merton and his friends grow in Olean?
(a) They all grew beards.
(b) They grew their hair long.
(c) They grew wheat.
(d) They grew a vegetable garden.

2. Who came to visit Merton in 1930?
(a) Owen and John Paul.
(b) Bonnemaman and Pop.
(c) Pop and Owen.
(d) Pop, Bonnemaman, and John Paul.

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

4. What did Pop tell Merton while Owen was ill?
(a) That Merton and his brother would be financially secure after their father's death.
(b) That the Great Depression had ruined him financially.
(c) That John Paul would be joining him at Oakham.
(d) That he and Bonnemaman were moving to Paris.

5. What university does Merton attend in New York?
(a) Cornell University.
(b) Hunter University.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) Columbia University.

Short Answer Questions

1. What author was an enduring influence on Merton?

2. What does Merton think of Father Edmund's recommendation to apply to the order in August of 1940?

3. What important event occurs while Merton is in Olean?

4. Where did Merton's father receive medical treatment for his cancer?

5. What does Merton write in his draft papers?

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