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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. When was the great dictionary dinner held?
(a) February 17th, 1896.
(b) January 2nd, 1890.
(c) October 12th, 1897.
(d) November 18th, 1894.

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

3. Minor saw his castration as a ________________ act.
(a) Funny and impulsive.
(b) Religious and redemptive.
(c) Impulsive and stupid.
(d) Natural and timely.

4. When are the first Latin dictionaries noted to have been in existence?
(a) 1321.
(b) 1232.
(c) 1273.
(d) 1225.

5. What time span did the author use to describe the length of time Minor took to complete his first word list?
(a) Decades.
(b) Years.
(c) Days.
(d) Months.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Oxford Dictionary was comprised of _____________volumes.

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

3. How did the author describe Murray's work in Chapter 8, Annulated, Art, Brick-Tea, Buckwheat?

4. What was the idea behind the Philological Society?

5. Apart from Minor, who struggled to follow the directions they were given?

(see the answer key)

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