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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 3, The Harrowing of Hell.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who put Merton on the academic path to Cambridge University?
(a) F.C. Doherty.
(b) Uncle Ben.
(c) Owen Merton.
(d) Aunt Maude.

2. How did Merton view his childhood?
(a) He hated living in Europe.
(b) He worried about having a home.
(c) He thought it was like everyone else's.
(d) He felt it was odd.

3. Who does Merton say gave him the only valuable religious and moral training he had received?
(a) His grandfather.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) His teachers.

4. What does Merton do during the summer he returned to New York after a trip to Rome?
(a) He begins going to bars and burlesques.
(b) He prepares for a diplomatic career.
(c) He immediately visits his Aunt Maude.
(d) He continues his religious explorations.

5. When was Merton's brother born?
(a) November, 1918.
(b) March, 1919.
(c) October, 1921.
(d) January, 1920.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Merton stay in England?

2. What language is Merton required to learn in England?

3. Where was Thomas Merton born?

4. What did Merton discover about his father on the way to a cricket match?

5. Of which place in St. Antonin does Merton have unpleasant memories?

(see the answer key)

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