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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 does Merton see as his vocation while he is in Olean?
(a) Praying.
(b) Lecturing.
(c) Painting.
(d) Writing.

2. What profession does Tom encourage Merton to prepare for?
(a) The British diplomatic service.
(b) The teaching profession.
(c) The priesthood.
(d) The medical profession.

3. What did Merton discover about his father on the way to a cricket match?
(a) He learned his father had a malignant brain tumor.
(b) He found out his father was coming to the match.
(c) He learned his father would take him to France.
(d) He realized his father was still in England.

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

5. Where did Merton visit his father after the end of the school term at Oakham?
(a) Scotland.
(b) France.
(c) London.
(d) Rome.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Pop allow the 15-year-old Merton to do that really impressed him?

2. Who came to visit Merton in 1930?

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

4. What, in Part 2, Chapter 2, causes Merton to feel enthusiastic?

5. What kind of music did Merton especially like when he felt like a rebel in New York?

(see the answer key)

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