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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Our Lady of Gethsemani?
(a) A church in New York.
(b) A monastery in Ohio.
(c) A statue in a church.
(d) A monastery in Kentucky.

2. Where is Merton's brother during the time Merton is at Friendship House?
(a) He is in the Army in France.
(b) He is sick and in the hospital.
(c) He is with the United States Navy.
(d) He is with the Royal Canadian Air Force.

3. What country does Merton visit while waiting to enter the novitiate?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Cuba.
(c) Argentina.
(d) Brazil.

4. Why does Merton go to Friendship House often?
(a) He needs to be around women.
(b) He wants to be useful as a layperson.
(c) He needs the support of those who really loved Christ.
(d) He wants recognition for his work.

5. When did Merton first talk with Father Edmund about becoming a priest?
(a) January, 1940.
(b) September, 1939.
(c) September, 1950.
(d) December, 1939.

6. What does a Carmelite tell the Master of Novices about Merton?
(a) That Merton deserved to be a monk.
(b) That Merton followed the teachings of the saints.
(c) That Merton was converted to faith by reading James Joyce.
(d) That Merton was his role model.

7. Which saint becomes important to Merton when he receives the Baronness' advice?
(a) St. Catherine of Siena.
(b) St. Therese of Lisieux.
(c) St. Brigid of Ireland.
(d) St. Mary of Gethsemani.

8. What medical emergency does Merton experience while waiting to enter a monastery?
(a) He gets appendicitis and has surgery.
(b) He has serious stomach trouble and ulcers.
(c) He breaks his arm and must remain in a cast for months.
(d) He has an abcessed tooth extracted.

9. What does Merton feel about the war?
(a) Fear.
(b) Pride.
(c) Regret.
(d) Avoidance.

10. What details of war make Merton uncomfortable?
(a) Bombing raids and the death of innocent people.
(b) The destruction of monasteries.
(c) The hierarchy of the military.
(d) The experiences of the infantry.

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

12. Who does Merton blame for the war, besides Hitler?
(a) Himself.
(b) The French people.
(c) His professors.
(d) His father.

13. Where does Merton get a job as a teacher?
(a) St. Bonaventure.
(b) Gethsemani.
(c) Zion Church.
(d) Corpus Christi.

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

15. Where does Merton make a retreat during Easter?
(a) To a cabin in upstate New York.
(b) Our Lady of Corpus Christi.
(c) Our Lady of Mt. Zion.
(d) Our Lady of Gethsemani.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many countries has Merton lived in by the time war breaks out?

2. Who accepts Merton into the community of monks?

3. What does Merton never consider once he becomes a monk?

4. Where is Olean?

5. What name is Merton given upon joining the community of monks?

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