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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. To whom were Richard Chenevix Trench's speeches directed?
(a) Londoners.
(b) The general public.
(c) Americans.
(d) The London Phililogical Society.

2. In what city was Murray born?
(a) Derry.
(b) Yorkshire.
(c) Hawick.
(d) Lovely.

3. What was the name of Murray's first wife?
(a) Julia Filmoore.
(b) Maggie Scott.
(c) Eliza Valant.
(d) Lucy Javier.

4. What two words did the author use to describe the Minor family's beliefs?
(a) "Muscularly evangelical."
(b) "Lightly sarcastic."
(c) "Highly cynical."
(d) "Founderingly heavy."

5. What would the definitive quotes show in the Oxford English Dictionary?
(a) Where these words were most used.
(b) What kinds of words they were.
(c) How words had been used over centuries.
(d) How words could be combined.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Judith do professionally?

2. How does the author describe the words in the early English dictionaries in Chapter 4, Gathering Earth's Daughters?

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

4. What did Merrett's killer claim about the murder?

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

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