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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue, Meditatio Pauperis in Solitudine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Merton talk to when he first starts to tell people he wants to be a priest?
(a) Mark Van Doren.
(b) Robert Lax.
(c) Ed Rice.
(d) Dan Walsh.

2. What is Friendship House?
(a) A place to make a religious retreat.
(b) A monastery guesthouse.
(c) A place that helps poor residents in Harlem.
(d) A cottage in New York.

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

4. When was Thomas Merton born?
(a) February 14, 1925.
(b) January 31, 1950.
(c) January 22, 1935.
(d) January 31, 1915.

5. Who is Dan Walsh?
(a) A professor Merton doesn't like.
(b) A professor respected by Merton.
(c) A priest who takes Merton's confession.
(d) A monk Merton meets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Merton say he needs when he begins talking about being a priest?

2. What prompted Merton to confess his sins to the abbot?

3. In Part 3, Chapter 3, what does Merton decide is the work he is meant to do?

4. What name is Merton given upon joining the community of monks?

5. Who is Father Edmund?

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