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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 philosophy does Merton explore while at the university?
(a) Materialism.
(b) Communism.
(c) Catholicism.
(d) Stoicism.

2. What incident causes Merton personal pain at the university?
(a) He receives a poor review of his writing.
(b) His friend ignores him.
(c) He is cut from a sports team.
(d) A girl does not return his romantic feelings.

3. How does Merton describe his mother?
(a) She was a divorced woman.
(b) She was an American perfectionist.
(c) She was an American pessimist.
(d) She was a British artist.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had Merton been shortly before his father died?

2. Why does Merton say he was "truly happy" in England?

3. What, in Part 1, Chapter 4, is noticeably lacking the Merton's autobiography?

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

5. Who are M. and Mme. Privat?

(see the answer key)

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