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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue, Meditatio Pauperis in Solitudine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Merton imagine a monastery to be?
(a) The brothers want to advance in their religious careers.
(b) The brothers are plagued by doubt.
(c) The brothers argue constantly.
(d) The brothers are all pious and devoted.

2. What encouraged Merton to take another step toward religion in Part 1, Chapter 3?
(a) The death of his father.
(b) The frescoes he saw in ancient cathedrals.
(c) Praying for Aunt Maude.
(d) His friend Andrew at Cambridge.

3. What lessens Merton's fear of Catholicism?
(a) Reading a book given to him by a professor.
(b) Reading a book he bought by accident in New York.
(c) Buying a college philosophy textbook.
(d) Meeting a Catholic in Scribner's.

4. Who gave Merton his First Communion?
(a) Father Rice at St. John's.
(b) Father Moore at Corpus Christi.
(c) Father Gerdy at St. Patrick's Cathedral.
(d) Father McGough at Corpus Christi.

5. How does Merton register his draft papers?
(a) He registers as a non-combatant.
(b) He registers as a teacher.
(c) He registers as a novice in the priesthood.
(d) He registers by following the example of Owen Merton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Pop allow the 15-year-old Merton to do that really impressed him?

2. What do Ed Rice and Bob Lax work on in Olean?

3. Who is Bramachari?

4. What words best describe Merton at the university?

5. When was Thomas Merton born?

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