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

2. What is Our Lady of Gethsemani?
(a) A monastery in Ohio.
(b) A monastery in Kentucky.
(c) A church in New York.
(d) A statue in a church.

3. How does Merton describe his parents?
(a) They were uncaring people who left him with strangers.
(b) They disliked one another and planned to divorce.
(c) They were independent and free of small prejudices.
(d) They were focused on wealth and social status.

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

5. What is Merton afraid to tell anyone when he is teaching at St. Bonaventure?
(a) His deepest and darkest sins.
(b) That he stills yearns to be a monk.
(c) About his experiences overseas.
(d) The condition of his teeth.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Merton view his childhood?

2. What does Merton think of Father Edmund's recommendation to apply to the order in August of 1940?

3. What does Merton want Father Edmund to do for him in regard to the novitiate?

4. What does Merton see as his future occupation in England?

5. Which saint becomes important to Merton when he receives the Baronness' advice?

(see the answer key)

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