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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. Who came to visit Merton in 1930?
(a) Owen and John Paul.
(b) Pop and Owen.
(c) Pop, Bonnemaman, and John Paul.
(d) Bonnemaman and Pop.

2. What, in Part 2, Chapter 2, causes Merton to feel enthusiastic?
(a) Playing sports.
(b) Going to confession.
(c) Writing poems.
(d) Learning Latin.

3. How does Merton want to live in the world?
(a) As a religious teacher.
(b) As a monk.
(c) As a good and righteous lay person.
(d) As a chaplain in the military.

4. What was Merton hoping to gain at his country cottage?
(a) Excitement and fun.
(b) Order and structure in his life.
(c) A replacement for school classes.
(d) A romantic relationship.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Thomas Merton born?

2. What does the Baroness tell Merton when he questions his spiritual path and calling?

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

4. With whom does Merton stay in England?

5. Where did Merton visit his father after the end of the school term at Oakham?

(see the answer key)

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