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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Entering the Lists.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Minor born?
(a) May, 1832.
(b) March, 1831.
(c) June, 1834.
(d) January, 1842.

2. What was the idea behind the Philological Society?
(a) To promote new admissions to the Oxford English Dictionary.
(b) To promote Christian missionary work.
(c) Improvement upon the understanding of the properly dominant language of the world.
(d) To gather and discuss new admissions to the Oxford English Dictionary.

3. How many slips of paper came in from volunteers who wanted to add to the newly proposed dictionary?
(a) One million.
(b) Six million.
(c) Twelve thousand.
(d) Fifty thousand.

4. According to Minor, every word would possibly be a ______ now that he was beginning his work on the dictionary.
(a) "Play."
(b) "Challenge."
(c) "Flash."
(d) "Catchword."

5. England's power grew, and it felt embarrassed for not studying its language. Why did citizens want a proper dictionary?
(a) Schools made more demands on scholars to make a new dictionary.
(b) Many wanted to sell them in bookstores.
(c) Many wanted a dictionary for helping immigrants.
(d) Many wanted a dictionary for the English language in its entirety.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what holiday did Dr. Minor arrive in London in the opening of Chapter 4, Gathering Earth's Daughters?

2. What was the name of Eastman Minor's second wife?

3. For each book, what did Minor write?

4. In what century did demand for dictionaries increase?

5. What climate is the island of Ceylon?

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