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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Gathering Earth's Daughters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Minor family came to the United States only a decade after what group of people?
(a) The Pilgrims.
(b) Native Americans.
(c) Spanish Conquistadors.
(d) King Louis XII's missionaries.

2. What did Judith do professionally?
(a) She was a schoolteacher.
(b) She was a missionary.
(c) She was a cook for the Ceylon military.
(d) She was a house wife.

3. When was the project to create the first Oxford English Dictionary commissioned?
(a) In the 1830's.
(b) In the 1840's.
(c) In the 1850's.
(d) In the 1860's.

4. How long after the Minors settled in Ceylon was William Minor born?
(a) Five weeks.
(b) Two years.
(c) Three months.
(d) One year.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Oxford Dictionary was comprised of _____________volumes.

2. Why did the demand for dictionaries increase according to the author in Chapter 4?

3. Where was Dr. Minor's house located in London?

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

5. What was the idea behind the Philological Society?

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