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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapter 3, The Sleeping Volcano.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Merton like about France?
(a) Its museums.
(b) The weather.
(c) The school he attended there.
(d) Its beauty and its simple people.

2. Who does Merton blame for the war, besides Hitler?
(a) His professors.
(b) His father.
(c) The French people.
(d) Himself.

3. What did Merton and his friends grow in Olean?
(a) They all grew beards.
(b) They grew their hair long.
(c) They grew a vegetable garden.
(d) They grew wheat.

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

5. What important event occurs while Merton is in Olean?
(a) Merton's friends join the Navy.
(b) Merton is drafted into the military.
(c) World War II begins in Europe.
(d) The U.S. goes to war.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Merton say gave him the only valuable religious and moral training he had received?

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

3. What does Merton admire about Mark Van Doren?

4. How does Merton register his draft papers?

5. What were growing interests for Merton in Olean?

(see the answer key)

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