2. How does Thomas Merton feel about his father?
(a) Merton is critical of his behavior.
(b) Merton dislikes his father's job.
(c) Merton wants to be a perfectionist like him.
(d) Merton's father is his hero.

3. Why does Owen Merton travel so frequently?
(a) He is a traveling salesman.
(b) He paints landscapes all over the world.
(c) He visits relatives.
(d) He is looking for a job.

4. Who is Owen Merton?
(a) Thomas Merton's father.
(b) Thomas Merton's grandfather.
(c) Thomas Merton's brother.
(d) Thomas Merton's uncle.

5. Where are the student publications at the university housed?
(a) The second floor.
(b) The fourth floor.
(c) The third floor.
(d) The fifth floor.

6. What keeps Merton from athletic participation?
(a) The struggle and pain associated with practice.
(b) The pain of being compared to his father.
(c) A concern about physical injury.
(d) The fear of being on the losing side.

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

8. Who does Merton say gave him the only valuable religious and moral training he had received?
(a) His teachers.
(b) His father.
(c) His grandfather.
(d) His mother.

9. What does Merton do during the summer he returned to New York after a trip to Rome?
(a) He prepares for a diplomatic career.
(b) He immediately visits his Aunt Maude.
(c) He continues his religious explorations.
(d) He begins going to bars and burlesques.

10. Who are M. and Mme. Privat?
(a) A Catholic couple with whom Merton boards in Murat.
(b) The caretakers of the Lycee.
(c) The owners of Merton's favorite restaurant.
(d) A couple Merton lives with in St. Antonin.

11. When was Merton baptized?
(a) September, 1937.
(b) January, 1940.
(c) November, 1939.
(d) December, 1940.

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

13. What incident causes Merton personal pain at the university?
(a) A girl does not return his romantic feelings.
(b) He receives a poor review of his writing.
(c) He is cut from a sports team.
(d) His friend ignores him.

14. Where did Merton attend school in England while with his aunt?
(a) Eton.
(b) He was home-schooled.
(c) Ripley Court.
(d) A church school.

15. What did Owen ask Merton to do for him while he was ill?
(a) He wanted Merton to come with him to London.
(b) He asked Merton to take care of John Paul.
(c) He wanted Merton to do well in school
(d) He asked Merton to pray for him.