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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Part 3, Chapter 3, what does Merton decide is the work he is meant to do?
(a) To own a newspaper.
(b) To write and teach.
(c) To work with the poor and pray.
(d) To become a priest in Rome.

3. What does Merton think his motive should be for writing?
(a) To glorify God and His teachings.
(b) To teach his students about the world.
(c) To describe events from his travels.
(d) To make money and support himself.

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

5. What does Merton tell his brother when he comes to Gethsemani?
(a) How to stay safe while traveling.
(b) Everything Merton knows about Catholicism.
(c) The names of women he should visit.
(d) The address of a priest in New York he must visit.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Olean?

2. When did Merton first talk with Father Edmund about becoming a priest?

3. What do Ed Rice and Bob Lax work on in Olean?

4. How does Merton differentiate himself from an "ordinary Catholic"?

5. What is Our Lady of Gethsemani?

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