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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Man Who Taught Latin to Cattle.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many years did it take to complete the Oxford English Dictionary?
(a) Sixty.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Seventy.
(d) Forty.

3. How many years later did the second edition of the Oxford English Dictionary come out after the original?
(a) Forty-five years.
(b) Fifty years.
(c) Thirty years.
(d) Thirty-eight years.

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

5. What did Merrett's killer claim about the murder?
(a) It was easy.
(b) He was too drunk to know what was happening.
(c) He had been waiting to do that for some time.
(d) It was in self defense.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was the Oxford English Dictionary completed?

2. Who heard the three shots fired in the beginning of the book?

3. Who killed Merrett?

4. Murray was born next to the border of _________.

5. How many children did the Merretts have?

(see the answer key)

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