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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Pop allow the 15-year-old Merton to do that really impressed him?
(a) He allowed him to visit his father alone.
(b) He allowed him to drive his car.
(c) He allowed him to enjoy luxury travel.
(d) Pop allowed the 15-year-old Merton to smoke a cigarette.

2. How does Merton describe his mother?
(a) She was a British artist.
(b) She was a divorced woman.
(c) She was an American pessimist.
(d) She was an American perfectionist.

3. When does Bonnemaman die?
(a) Summer of 1937.
(b) Fall of 1937.
(c) Fall of 1936.
(d) Summer of 1936.

4. How does Merton describe his fellow students in France?
(a) They are socially inferior.
(b) The are vulgar, mean, and pitiless.
(c) They are cultured and refined.
(d) They are extremely poor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Thomas Merton feel about his father?

2. Who put Merton on the academic path to Cambridge University?

3. What is the Jester?

4. How does Merton describe this book?

5. What is one of the last things mentioned in Chapter 4 of Part 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does his teaching job at St. Bonaventure mean to Merton?

2. What does Merton try to express in this first chapter?

3. What does the image of John Paul waving from the car suggest to Merton?

4. What is Merton's reaction to having to withdraw his application to the monastery?

5. How does the Baroness help Merton find his calling?

6. Describe some of the things that Merton loves about France.

7. How does his father set an example for Merton's later life?

8. How did Merton feel about moving to England?

9. What are some of the errors Merton finds in the religion of Protestants?

10. What are some examples of Merton's impatience in Part 3, Chapter 1?

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