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

2. Where does Merton first apply for a novitiate?
(a) A monastery in Rome.
(b) The monastery of St. Francis of Assisi.
(c) The monastery of Zion Church.
(d) A monastery in Pennsylvania.

3. With whom does Merton stay in England?
(a) He boards at his school.
(b) He stays with his Aunt Maude and Uncle Ben.
(c) He lives with his grandparents.
(d) He lives with his father and brother.

4. What is Merton's role at Friendship House?
(a) He raises money for the administration.
(b) He is a guest of the owner.
(c) He is a volunteer.
(d) He works as a priest.

5. When did Merton first talk with Father Edmund about becoming a priest?
(a) January, 1940.
(b) December, 1939.
(c) September, 1950.
(d) September, 1939.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Pop tell Merton while Owen was ill?

2. How does Merton describe his athletic endeavors?

3. Who is Mark Van Doren?

4. How does Merton register his draft papers?

5. How does Merton imagine a monastery to be?

(see the answer key)

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