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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The Madness of War.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who heard the three shots fired in the beginning of the book?
(a) Henry Tarrant.
(b) William Ward.
(c) Henry Burton.
(d) Eliza Ward.

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

5. The Oxford Dictionary was comprised of _____________volumes.
(a) Six.
(b) Nine.
(c) Eight.
(d) Twelve.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What were Merrett's killer's two former professional positions?

3. When was the project to create the first Oxford English Dictionary commissioned?

4. In what city was Murray born?

5. What did the killer do immediately upon being arrested by police?

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