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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Merton spend his school holidays?
(a) With Pop and Bonnemaman.
(b) With his godfather who was a doctor in London.
(c) With Owen in London.
(d) With his Aunt Maude.

3. After graduating from college, what does Merton do?
(a) He looks for work that will bring him fortune and fame.
(b) He begins a teaching career.
(c) He gets a job as a journalist.
(d) He applies to graduate school.

4. What does Merton miss when he left France for England?
(a) His house.
(b) The churches.
(c) The Lycee.
(d) The beauty of St. Antonin.

5. What revelation did Merton have when attending his first Mass?
(a) That he did not feel out of place there.
(b) That many people came to Mass.
(c) That many people at the church liked him.
(d) That many ordinary people were more conscious of God than of each other.

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

7. Who is Bob Lax?
(a) A friend of Aunt Maude's from childhood.
(b) A friend of Merton's father who was a musician.
(c) A Catholic man who leads Merton to the faith.
(d) A friend of Merton's who eventually becomes a Catholic.

8. What did Pop do that embarrassed Merton?
(a) He disciplined Merton in public.
(b) He sang loudly in a bar.
(c) He made Merton sit in the corner at dinner.
(d) He threw money at the French people from his car window.

9. Where was Merton's father born?
(a) New Zealand.
(b) Long Island, New York.
(c) Paris, France.
(d) London, England.

10. What was the name of the school Merton attended in 1929?
(a) Durston House.
(b) Ripley Court.
(c) The Lycee.
(d) Oakham.

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

12. When was Merton's brother born?
(a) November, 1918.
(b) March, 1919.
(c) January, 1920.
(d) October, 1921.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Thomas Merton feel about his father?

2. What action he performed in the summer of 1937 prompted Merton to take another step on his journey to faith?

3. Who came to visit Merton in 1930?

4. What profession does Tom encourage Merton to prepare for?

5. How does Merton describe his athletic endeavors?

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