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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, The Meeting of Minds.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why didn't Minor attend the great dictionary dinner?
(a) He was sick.
(b) He did not want to mix with underlings.
(c) It was unclear.
(d) He had been arrested.

2. What style of building was Broadmoor?
(a) Gothic.
(b) Victorian.
(c) Colonial.
(d) Baroque.

3. What did Minor have shelves made for at Broadmoor?
(a) His wooden boat models.
(b) His books.
(c) His painting tools.
(d) His drawing tools.

4. How did Murray feel about the fact that Minor had not attended the dinners?
(a) Confused but understanding.
(b) Perplexed and irritated.
(c) Happy and fine.
(d) Irritated and curious.

5. Why did Hall not come to the great dictionary dinner?
(a) He was known to be a hermit.
(b) He was sick.
(c) He was getting married.
(d) He was in military service.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the driving force behind Minor's spiral into "lust, madness, and perdition"?

2. At Broadmoor, who was searched and taken to Surrey?

3. In 1915, which newspaper did the editor of the Oxford English Dictionary write to and complain about the story of Murray meeting Minor in the asylum?

4. Who came first to the Broadmoor Asylum?

5. In what area of Ceylon did the Minors set up their residence in 1834?

(see the answer key)

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