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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. How long did it take Murray to travel to see Minor?
(a) A bit under an hour.
(b) A bit over an hour.
(c) A little over a day.
(d) A bit under a day.

2. What thoughts did Minor have once he received the rules?
(a) He would marry Eliza.
(b) He would begin work in Ceylon again.
(c) He would escape the asylum.
(d) He would become a scholar again.

3. How many rooms did Minor have during his stay at Broadmoor?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

4. According to the author, after organizing a quote what kind of a definition did Murray have to write?
(a) An elegant one.
(b) A succinct one.
(c) A referenced one.
(d) A detailed one.

5. How did Minor regard the Asylum?
(a) As his temple.
(b) As his playground.
(c) As his home.
(d) As his library.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what had Minor cut off his penis?

2. Whose hostility faded for religion over time?

3. In what year was Minor given electroshock therapy at Broadmoor?

4. Whom does the author conjecture may have pushed Minor towards Deism?

5. How many more years after the publishing of the first installment would it actually take for Murray to finish the Oxford English Dictionary?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Murray's Scriptorium represent to present day scholars of the English language?

2. What is relevant about the fact that Minor was a fan of Huxley, particularly his idea of agnosticism?

3. What about Murray does the author feel may have triggered Minor's religious feelings of guilt and shame for his past misdeeds?

4. In Chapter 6, what do the author's previously established characteristics of Minor suggest about how he may have gotten along with the parole patients in Block 2?

5. What does the author give as the chief purpose behind Minor's self-mutilation? Was it achieved?

6. Why do you think Murray so grossly underestimated the amount of time it would take to finish the Oxford English Dictionary after the first publication of the first book?

7. Do you think it is the author's opinion that electroshock therapy affected Minor?

8. Why could Minor more easily understand Murray's directions in comparison to others?

9. What was revealed about Minor's character in regards to his response to Murray's letter for help on the Oxford English Dictionary?

10. Why is it important, in relation to Minor's past, that the author states that people admired Minor for his meticulous work?

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