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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, The Big Dictionary Conceived.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the demand for dictionaries increase according to the author in Chapter 4?
(a) The language changed markedly.
(b) People wanted to learn about more difficult words.
(c) More immigrants came to England.
(d) Many of the original dictionaries were burned.

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

3. To whom were Richard Chenevix Trench's speeches directed?
(a) The general public.
(b) The London Phililogical Society.
(c) Londoners.
(d) Americans.

4. Who arrested Merrett's killer?
(a) Officer Burton.
(b) Henry Burton.
(c) Constable Tarrant.
(d) William Ward.

5. Where did the making of the Oxford English Dictionary begin?
(a) Under the London Bridge,
(b) Under the Big Ben Clock.
(c) Buckingham Palace.
(d) The London Library.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what century did some Latin-English dictionaries began to appear?

2. What kind of Christianity did the Murray family follow?

3. Trench argued that dictionaries should be histories of the life span of every word and that these lives should be ______.

4. Who wrote A Dictionary of the English Language?

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

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