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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, The Unkindest Cut.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Minor's submissions to Murray arrived in ______________.
(a) Derry.
(b) Hampshire.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Cambridge.

2. Who came first to the Broadmoor Asylum?
(a) William Minor.
(b) Charles Murray.
(c) Charles Minor.
(d) James Murray.

3. Describe Minor's routine for writing his first book.
(a) He would read the lines out loud to see if they flowed.
(b) He would read every word, line-by-line, writing down anything of interest.
(c) He would read random lines from the book to nurses in the ward and ask their advice for each chapter.
(d) He would read each and every word of the book five times before moving to the next.

4. According to the author, the subgroups in the Oxford English Dictionary had to be ______ organized.
(a) Quickly.
(b) Meticulously.
(c) Alphabetically.
(d) Chronologically.

5. How did the author describe the attitude of the killer caught for Merrett's death upon the killer's capture?
(a) Embarrassed and sad.
(b) Bored and uninterested.
(c) Cool and collected.
(d) Excited and happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Minor saw his castration as a ________________ act.

2. What did the act of sending the rules to Minor symbolize to him?

3. The Minor family came to the United States only a decade after what group of people?

4. What was the overall effect of the large amount of word donors on Furnivall and his dictionary volunteers?

5. What were Murray's original religious views?

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