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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Merton's father receive medical treatment for his cancer?
(a) At Durston Hospital in Scotland.
(b) At home with a personal physician.
(c) At a hospital in Paris.
(d) At Middlesex Hospital in London.

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

3. How did Merton's parents foster his love for the monastic life?
(a) They encouraged him to be wealthy.
(b) They disliked anything they considered to be bourgeois.
(c) They bought him many things.
(d) They introduced him to monks.

4. Where did Merton visit his father after the end of the school term at Oakham?
(a) Scotland.
(b) France.
(c) London.
(d) Rome.

5. What does Merton find disappointing about the pastor at Zion Church?
(a) He worries about the church's financial condition.
(b) He will not meet with Merton.
(c) He is more concerned with discussing modern literature and politics than God.
(d) He does not know Merton's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gave Merton his First Communion?

2. How does Thomas Merton feel about his father?

3. When was Merton baptized?

4. Who does Merton say gave him the only valuable religious and moral training he had received?

5. What error does Merton think Protestants commit?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part 3, Chapter 1, how does the reader know that God is the main focus of Merton's thoughts?

2. Who does Merton credit with providing his only real religious training in Chapter 2?

3. How does the Baroness help Merton find his calling?

4. What factors influenced Merton in pursuing a graduate degree in English?

5. What was important for Merton to find in a teacher?

6. How did Merton feel about moving to England?

7. What are some of the internal struggles Merton faces in Part 1, Chapter 3?

8. What does Merton learn from the abscessed tooth he suffers?

9. What does Mark Van Doren do that made Merton afraid of losing his dream?

10. Why does Merton attend Zion Church?

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