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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. What were Merrett's killer's two former professional positions?
(a) Qualified surgeon and police officer..
(b) Army officer and qualified surgeon.
(c) Professor and army officer.
(d) Police officer and professor.

2. When was Murray born?
(a) April, 1823.
(b) January, 1832.
(c) February, 1837.
(d) December, 1842.

3. How many men authored A Dictionary of the English Language?
(a) Nine men.
(b) Five men.
(c) Fourteen men.
(d) Six men.

4. How have many described the language of the Oxford English Dictionary?
(a) Arrogant.
(b) Complicated.
(c) Easy.
(d) Basic.

5. How does the author describe the words in the early English dictionaries in Chapter 4, Gathering Earth's Daughters?
(a) Simple and odd.
(b) Poorly defined and too little.
(c) Odd and poorly defined.
(d) Strange and simple.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were Minor's and Murray's families similar?

2. Many critics find the Oxford English Dictionary to be ______________.

3. Where was Minor born?

4. Who wrote A Dictionary of the English Language?

5. What would the definitive quotes show in the Oxford English Dictionary?

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