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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapter 1, Magnetic North.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What medical problem plagued Merton on a backpacking trip in the Rhine Valley?
(a) He suffered a broken leg.
(b) He broke his jaw and was hospitalized.
(c) He had an abscessed tooth that led to gangrene.
(d) He had a heart problem and fainting spells.

2. Who is Bramachari?
(a) A Hindu monk Merton comes to know.
(b) A Buddhist monk known by Merton's friends.
(c) A philosophy professor Merton knows.
(d) A student of Protestantism.

3. Of which place in St. Antonin does Merton have unpleasant memories?
(a) The museum.
(b) The countryside.
(c) The Lycee.
(d) The church.

4. What religious order does Merton first consider joining?
(a) The Templars.
(b) The Jesuits.
(c) The Dominicans.
(d) The Franciscans.

5. How does Merton feel about Catholicism when he first goes to the university?
(a) He wants to avoid everything about it.
(b) He thinks it is mysterious and secretive.
(c) He believes it represents the character of God.
(d) He believes in it completely.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Merton say gave him the only valuable religious and moral training he had received?

2. What does Merton think of Father Edmund's recommendation to apply to the order in August of 1940?

3. Why does Merton go to class with the younger French children?

4. Who are M. and Mme. Privat?

5. What impresses Merton about St. Antonin?

(see the answer key)

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