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

2. How many children did the Merretts have?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Six.
(d) Seven.

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

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

5. Who was the most famous editor of the Old English Dictionary?
(a) Frederick Furnivall.
(b) James Murray.
(c) Dr. Minor.
(d) Dr. Sweet.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who arrested Merrett's killer?

3. At what time where the three shots fired in the opening of the book?

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

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

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