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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 1, With a Great Price.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What, in Part 1, Chapter 4, is noticeably lacking the Merton's autobiography?
(a) The names of his girlfriends.
(b) The names of his family members.
(c) His feelings about religion.
(d) A description of his travels.

2. What philosophy does Merton explore while at the university?
(a) Stoicism.
(b) Catholicism.
(c) Materialism.
(d) Communism.

3. What author was an enduring influence on Merton?
(a) William Faulkner.
(b) John Donne.
(c) William Blake.
(d) G.M. Hopkins.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Merton visit his father after the end of the school term at Oakham?

2. What does Merton miss when he left France for England?

3. What was his father building in St. Antonin?

4. Who is Mark Van Doren?

5. How does Merton feel about Catholicism when he first goes to the university?

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