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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapter 2, True North.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Merton describe his fellow students in France?
(a) The are vulgar, mean, and pitiless.
(b) They are extremely poor.
(c) They are cultured and refined.
(d) They are socially inferior.

2. What book does Bramachari recommend to Merton?
(a) A philosophy treatise by Thomas Aquinas.
(b) A biography of Martin Luther.
(c) His own autobiography.
(d) St. Augustine's Confessions.

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

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

5. Where does Merton make a retreat during Easter?
(a) Our Lady of Corpus Christi.
(b) Our Lady of Mt. Zion.
(c) To a cabin in upstate New York.
(d) Our Lady of Gethsemani.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Merton say he needs when he begins talking about being a priest?

2. What did Owen ask Merton to do for him while he was ill?

3. Where does Merton meet Bob Lax?

4. What political activities does Merton participate in at the university?

5. Where did Merton's father receive medical treatment for his cancer?

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