2. What political activities does Merton participate in at the university?
(a) He is not involved with politics at the university.
(b) Writing for political publications.
(c) Student demonstrations and meetings.
(d) Church-sponsored lectures.

3. Who is Owen Merton?
(a) Thomas Merton's grandfather.
(b) Thomas Merton's uncle.
(c) Thomas Merton's father.
(d) Thomas Merton's brother.

4. Who are Pop and Bonnemaman?
(a) Thomas Merton's grandparents.
(b) Neighbors of his mother.
(c) People he met at school.
(d) Friends of his father.

5. Where does Merton meet Bob Lax?
(a) In a class at the university.
(b) In a bar in New York City.
(c) At Zion Church.
(d) At a student meeting.

6. Where was Thomas Merton born?
(a) Prades, France.
(b) Rome, Italy.
(c) Long Island, New York.
(d) Berlin, Germany.

7. What does Merton like about France?
(a) Its museums.
(b) The school he attended there.
(c) Its beauty and its simple people.
(d) The weather.

8. Who is Bob Lax?
(a) A friend of Merton's who eventually becomes a Catholic.
(b) A Catholic man who leads Merton to the faith.
(c) A friend of Aunt Maude's from childhood.
(d) A friend of Merton's father who was a musician.

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

10. Who gave Merton his First Communion?
(a) Father Gerdy at St. Patrick's Cathedral.
(b) Father Rice at St. John's.
(c) Father Moore at Corpus Christi.
(d) Father McGough at Corpus Christi.

11. What university does Merton attend in New York?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) Hunter University.
(c) Columbia University.
(d) Cornell University.

12. What is one of the last things mentioned in Chapter 4 of Part 1?
(a) Merton's love affair.
(b) Merton's aunt.
(c) Merton's sins.
(d) Merton's lack of faith.

13. Why does Merton go to class with the younger French children?
(a) He needs to change his attitude.
(b) He disciplines them.
(c) He teaches them American games.
(d) He must learn the French language.

14. What kind of music did Merton especially like when he felt like a rebel in New York?
(a) Gregorian chant
(b) Violin concertos
(c) Beethoven symphonies
(d) The jazz of Duke Ellington

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