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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 2, Our Lady of the Museums.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Owen Merton?
(a) Thomas Merton's uncle.
(b) Thomas Merton's brother.
(c) Thomas Merton's father.
(d) Thomas Merton's grandfather.

2. With whom does Merton stay in England?
(a) He lives with his grandparents.
(b) He lives with his father and brother.
(c) He stays with his Aunt Maude and Uncle Ben.
(d) He boards at his school.

3. How did Merton's parents foster his love for the monastic life?
(a) They encouraged him to be wealthy.
(b) They introduced him to monks.
(c) They bought him many things.
(d) They disliked anything they considered to be bourgeois.

4. Who does Merton say gave him the only valuable religious and moral training he had received?
(a) His teachers.
(b) His mother.
(c) His grandfather.
(d) His father.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Merton's father born?

2. Who are M. and Mme. Privat?

3. When was Thomas Merton born?

4. How does Merton describe his fellow students in France?

5. What are Merton's childhood memories of his brother?

(see the answer key)

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