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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Annulated, Art, Brick-Tea, Buckwheat.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is noted to have been a fact four hundred years earlier than Mr. Trench's speeches?
(a) There was no English dictionary in existence.
(b) The word "dictionary" did not exist.
(c) People rarely used dictionaries.
(d) The first English dictionary was published.

2. How many years from Trench's speech about a new dictionary did the project actually get off the ground?
(a) Twelve years.
(b) Twenty-two years.
(c) Sixteen years.
(d) Eighteen years.

3. How did the author describe Murray's instructions in the beginning of Chapter 7, Entering the Lists?
(a) Detailed.
(b) Bossy.
(c) Confusing.
(d) Simple.

4. What was the name of Murray's first wife?
(a) Maggie Scott.
(b) Lucy Javier.
(c) Julia Filmoore.
(d) Eliza Valant.

5. Who took over Furnivall's place as editor of the Oxford English Dictionary?
(a) Trench.
(b) Scott.
(c) Dixon.
(d) Murray.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city was Murray born?

2. When was Murray invited to Oxford?

3. What kind of Christianity did the Murray family follow?

4. How many years later did the second edition of the Oxford English Dictionary come out after the original?

5. In what year was the Oxford English Dictionary completed?

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