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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. Who is Bramachari?
(a) A Hindu monk Merton comes to know.
(b) A Buddhist monk known by Merton's friends.
(c) A student of Protestantism.
(d) A philosophy professor Merton knows.

2. What are the contents of the note Merton receives from his father?
(a) The address of his grandparents.
(b) A description of his father's travels to Africa.
(c) Instructions for caring for his brother.
(d) A goodbye from his mother.

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

4. Why does Owen Merton travel so frequently?
(a) He is a traveling salesman.
(b) He is looking for a job.
(c) He paints landscapes all over the world.
(d) He visits relatives.

5. What does Merton love about America?
(a) Its ideals and work ethic.
(b) Its geography and landscapes.
(c) Its wealth and power.
(d) Its cultural life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Merton silent about in Part 1, Chapter 4?

2. How does Merton describe his mother?

3. What lessens Merton's fear of Catholicism?

4. What do the Columbia Review and the Spectator have in common?

5. What is aseitas?

(see the answer key)

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