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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapter 3, The Sleeping Volcano.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What important event occurs while Merton is in Olean?
(a) World War II begins in Europe.
(b) The U.S. goes to war.
(c) Merton is drafted into the military.
(d) Merton's friends join the Navy.

2. Who came to visit Merton in 1930?
(a) Bonnemaman and Pop.
(b) Pop and Owen.
(c) Pop, Bonnemaman, and John Paul.
(d) Owen and John Paul.

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

4. What kind of music did Merton especially like when he felt like a rebel in New York?
(a) The jazz of Duke Ellington
(b) Violin concertos
(c) Gregorian chant
(d) Beethoven symphonies

5. What sin is Merton most concerned with when he begins to write poetry?
(a) Pride.
(b) Lust.
(c) Gluttony.
(d) Avarice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Merton say in Part 2, Chapter 2, will not save his mind from its state of sin?

2. Where is Merton's brother during the time Merton is at Friendship House?

3. What encouraged Merton to take another step toward religion in Part 1, Chapter 3?

4. Who does Merton blame for the war, besides Hitler?

5. Which saint becomes important to Merton when he receives the Baronness' advice?

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