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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 1, With a Great Price.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Thomas Merton born?
(a) Prades, France.
(b) Rome, Italy.
(c) Berlin, Germany.
(d) Long Island, New York.

2. How does Merton describe the boys at Ripley Court?
(a) They are snobbish and unfriendly.
(b) They dislike sports.
(c) They are cruel to him.
(d) They are pleasant and happy.

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

4. What kind of music did Merton especially like when he felt like a rebel in New York?
(a) Violin concertos
(b) Beethoven symphonies
(c) Gregorian chant
(d) The jazz of Duke Ellington

5. Where does Merton attend his first Mass?
(a) At the Church of Corpus Christi in New York.
(b) At St. John the Divine in New York.
(c) At St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York.
(d) At Gethsemane in Kentucky.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Merton meet Bob Lax?

2. What book leads Merton to review his opinion of Catholicism?

3. When was Merton baptized?

4. How does Merton describe his mother?

5. What language is Merton required to learn in England?

(see the answer key)

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