The Seven Storey Mountain Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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The Seven Storey Mountain Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Bonnemaman die?
(a) Fall of 1937.
(b) Summer of 1936.
(c) Fall of 1936.
(d) Summer of 1937.

2. Where had Merton been shortly before his father died?
(a) Strasbourg.
(b) Scotland.
(c) St. Antonin.
(d) France.

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

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

5. What did Pop do that embarrassed Merton?
(a) He disciplined Merton in public.
(b) He threw money at the French people from his car window.
(c) He sang loudly in a bar.
(d) He made Merton sit in the corner at dinner.

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

7. What words best describe Merton at the university?
(a) Romantic and in love.
(b) Athletic and social.
(c) Intellectual and contemplative.
(d) Religious and non-political.

8. How old was Merton when he went to his first Mass?
(a) He was 30 years old.
(b) He was 24 years old.
(c) He was 15 years old.
(d) He was 25 years old.

9. What is the "sign of the Water Bearer"?
(a) The symbol for the month of January.
(b) Merton's astrological birth sign of Aquarius.
(c) The name of his father's art gallery.
(d) An advertisement for a hotel.

10. What action he performed in the summer of 1937 prompted Merton to take another step on his journey to faith?
(a) Participating in sports.
(b) Writing for student publications.
(c) Praying for Bonnemaman.
(d) Attending university.

11. What lessens Merton's fear of Catholicism?
(a) Meeting a Catholic in Scribner's.
(b) Reading a book he bought by accident in New York.
(c) Reading a book given to him by a professor.
(d) Buying a college philosophy textbook.

12. What book does Bramachari recommend to Merton?
(a) St. Augustine's Confessions.
(b) His own autobiography.
(c) A biography of Martin Luther.
(d) A philosophy treatise by Thomas Aquinas.

13. What do the Columbia Review and the Spectator have in common?
(a) They are magazines that Pop wrote for.
(b) They are publications that represented failure to Merton.
(c) They are magazines Merton disliked.
(d) They are both student publications Merton was involved with.

14. What connection did Uncle Ben have with Durston House?
(a) He went to school there.
(b) He had been headmaster there.
(c) He was a teacher there.
(d) He played on its cricket team.

15. What is the significance of Zion Church to Merton?
(a) His aunt directed classes there.
(b) His uncle was the choirmaster there.
(c) His father designed the altar there.
(d) His father played the organ there.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Merton do during the summer he returned to New York after a trip to Rome?

2. What did Owen ask Merton to do for him while he was ill?

3. Where was Thomas Merton born?

4. When was Merton baptized?

5. What impresses Merton about St. Antonin?

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