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

2. What does Merton neglect to mention to the abbot?
(a) His philosophical doubts.
(b) His academic ranking at the university.
(c) The sins of his past.
(d) His travels to Rome.

3. What does Merton always yearn for throughout the book?
(a) A life of action and wealth.
(b) A life filled with people and relationships.
(c) A life of working with the poor.
(d) A life of simplicity, prayer, and contemplation.

4. What impresses Merton about St. Antonin?
(a) It was in France.
(b) It was laid out in a circular shape in the 13th century.
(c) The people he met there.
(d) The house he lived in.

5. What author was an enduring influence on Merton?
(a) William Blake.
(b) G.M. Hopkins.
(c) William Faulkner.
(d) John Donne.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, in Part 1, Chapter 4, is noticeably lacking the Merton's autobiography?

2. What did Pop do that embarrassed Merton?

3. What, in Part 2, Chapter 2, causes Merton to feel enthusiastic?

4. What impact does Catherine de Hueck have on Merton?

5. What action does Merton take to become a monk after lunch at the Columbia Faculty Club?

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