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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapter 4, The Sweet Savor of Liberty.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Merton miss when he left France for England?
(a) The Lycee.
(b) The churches.
(c) The beauty of St. Antonin.
(d) His house.

3. When was Merton baptized?
(a) January, 1940.
(b) December, 1940.
(c) November, 1939.
(d) September, 1937.

4. Where does John Paul die?
(a) On a train in France.
(b) In a plane crash in the North Sea.
(c) At Gethsemani.
(d) In a hospital in Canada.

5. What authors have a particular effect on Merton at university?
(a) Chesterton and Snow.
(b) Woolf and James.
(c) Freud and Jung.
(d) Joyce and Eliot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What university does Merton attend in New York?

2. Who suggests that Merton withdraw his application for the novitiate?

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

4. What profession does Tom encourage Merton to prepare for?

5. When does John Paul die?

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