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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 two words does the author use to describe the Lambeth area, particularly in relation to the undrained marsh?
(a) Positively vile.
(b) Utterly hopeless.
(c) Sadly hopeless.
(d) Greatly disgusting.

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

3. How old was the man who killed Merrett?
(a) Forty-two.
(b) Thirty-one.
(c) Thirty-seven.
(d) Thirty-eight.

4. According to the author, who is the "second" protagonist of the story?
(a) Mrs. Elsa.
(b) Dr. Minor.
(c) James Augustus Henry Murray.
(d) Dr. Henry Sweet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Murray's first wife?

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

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

4. How did the author describe the man who chased George Merrett on the night of his death?

5. When does this story take place?

(see the answer key)

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