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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Annulated, Art, Brick-Tea, Buckwheat.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who would publish the first Oxford English Dictionary?
(a) Harper and Row.
(b) Penguin Books.
(c) Academic Press.
(d) Oxford University Press.

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

3. How were Minor's and Murray's families similar?
(a) They were both poor.
(b) They did not have a father figure.
(c) They were both deeply pious.
(d) They both ignored each man as a child.

4. After the publishing of the first installment, where was all of Murray's work done?
(a) The Greenhouse.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) His office.
(d) The Scriptorium.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the author describe the attitude of the killer caught for Merrett's death upon the killer's capture?

2. Which of the following did Minor work at every day as part of his work on the Oxford English Dictionary?

3. When was the publishing of the first installment of the Oxford English Dictionary?

4. How did the author describe Murray's instructions in the beginning of Chapter 7, Entering the Lists?

5. Who produced a circular calling for volunteers who could choose a period of history in which they would like to read books?

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