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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 4, The Children in the Market Place.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Merton silent about in Part 1, Chapter 4?
(a) Details of his sins.
(b) The names of his favorite writers.
(c) The people he lives with.
(d) His love affair at the university.

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

3. What author was an enduring influence on Merton?
(a) G.M. Hopkins.
(b) John Donne.
(c) William Blake.
(d) William Faulkner.

4. What do the Columbia Review and the Spectator have in common?
(a) They are magazines Merton disliked.
(b) They are both student publications Merton was involved with.
(c) They are magazines that Pop wrote for.
(d) They are publications that represented failure to Merton.

5. What does Merton see as his future occupation in England?
(a) He wants to be a teacher.
(b) He wants to be a builder.
(c) He wants to be a novelist or journalist.
(d) He wants to go into business.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Pop tell Merton while Owen was ill?

2. Who are Pop and Bonnemaman?

3. What is the "sign of the Water Bearer"?

4. When does Bonnemaman die?

5. Who came to visit Merton in 1930?

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