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

2. How did Merton view his childhood?
(a) He hated living in Europe.
(b) He worried about having a home.
(c) He thought it was like everyone else's.
(d) He felt it was odd.

3. Where did Merton spend his school holidays?
(a) With his godfather who was a doctor in London.
(b) With Owen in London.
(c) With Pop and Bonnemaman.
(d) With his Aunt Maude.

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

5. What authors have a particular effect on Merton at university?
(a) Woolf and James.
(b) Chesterton and Snow.
(c) Joyce and Eliot.
(d) Freud and Jung.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the school Merton attended in 1929?

2. What does Merton see as his future occupation in England?

3. When does Bonnemaman die?

4. What encouraged Merton to take another step toward religion in Part 1, Chapter 3?

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

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