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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. What is aseitas?
(a) An idea Merton thinks is without value.
(b) A medical condition.
(c) A Catholic concept regarding God.
(d) A word applied to monks.

2. Where are the student publications at the university housed?
(a) The fifth floor.
(b) The second floor.
(c) The fourth floor.
(d) The third floor.

3. What did Owen ask Merton to do for him while he was ill?
(a) He wanted Merton to come with him to London.
(b) He asked Merton to take care of John Paul.
(c) He asked Merton to pray for him.
(d) He wanted Merton to do well in school

4. Who are M. and Mme. Privat?
(a) A couple Merton lives with in St. Antonin.
(b) A Catholic couple with whom Merton boards in Murat.
(c) The owners of Merton's favorite restaurant.
(d) The caretakers of the Lycee.

5. When was Thomas Merton born?
(a) January 31, 1950.
(b) February 14, 1925.
(c) January 31, 1915.
(d) January 22, 1935.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Merton attend his first Mass?

2. What connection did Uncle Ben have with Durston House?

3. How old was Merton when he went to his first Mass?

4. What did Merton's parents do for a living?

5. What does Merton find disappointing about the pastor at Zion Church?

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