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

2. When was Murray born?
(a) February, 1837.
(b) December, 1842.
(c) January, 1832.
(d) April, 1823.

3. What was the name of Murray's first wife?
(a) Lucy Javier.
(b) Maggie Scott.
(c) Eliza Valant.
(d) Julia Filmoore.

4. In what area of Ceylon did the Minors set up their residence in 1834?
(a) Doa.
(b) Trivandrum.
(c) Cochin.
(d) Manepay.

5. Many critics find the Oxford English Dictionary to be ______________.
(a) Thoughtless and ridiculous.
(b) Strange and racist.
(c) Racist and sexist.
(d) Ridiculous and sexist.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, The Man Who Taught Latin to Cattle, who is introduced as the first protagonist?

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

3. With whom was William to live upon arriving in the United States?

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

5. How did Mr. Trench define the importance of the English language insofar as Christianity?

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