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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. 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) Many of the original dictionaries were burned.
(d) More immigrants came to England.

2. How many years did it take to complete the Oxford English Dictionary?
(a) Sixty.
(b) Forty.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Seventy.

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

4. Murray was born next to the border of _________.
(a) France.
(b) Panama.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Scotland.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did Murray impress with his definitions?

2. How old was the man who killed Merrett?

3. How did the author describe the words that Minor used in his first book?

4. How long after the Minors settled in Ceylon was William Minor born?

5. England's power grew, and it felt embarrassed for not studying its language. Why did citizens want a proper dictionary?

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