The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary Quiz

Simon Winchester

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What were Murray's original religious views? (from Chapter 10, The Unkindest Cut)

Catholic.

Christian.

Seventh Day Adventist.

Mormon.

2.

How did people contact the Philological Society in order to submit new words to the new dictionary? (from Chapter 5, The Big Dictionary Conceived)

By letter.

By telephone.

By telegraph.

In person at the library.

3.

England's power grew, and it felt embarrassed for not studying its language. Why did citizens want a proper dictionary? (from Chapter 4, Gathering Earth's Daughters)

Many wanted a dictionary for helping immigrants.

Many wanted a dictionary for the English language in its entirety.

Many wanted to sell them in bookstores.

Schools made more demands on scholars to make a new dictionary.

4.

How many more years after the publishing of the first installment would it actually take for Murray to finish the Oxford English Dictionary? (from Chapter 8, Annulated, Art, Brick-Tea, Buckwheat)

Forty-four years.

Fifty-two years.

Forty-eight years.

Forty-seven years.

5.

Who wrote A Dictionary of the English Language? (from Chapter 4, Gathering Earth's Daughters)

James Johnson.

Samual Jackson.

Samuel Johnson.

John Samuel.

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