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

2. Merrett's killer was from ______________.
(a) Seattle, Washington.
(b) New Haven, Connecticut.
(c) New York, New York.
(d) Portland, Maine.

3. How did the audience react to the fact that hundreds of amateurs would be needed to take on such a project for a new dictionary?
(a) With shock.
(b) With happiness.
(c) With revolt.
(d) With sadness.

4. In what year did Dr. Minor arrive in London?
(a) 1857.
(b) 1831.
(c) 1864.
(d) 1832.

5. Part of the difficult process of writing the dictionary included the envelope of ______ being properly applied and analyzed.
(a) Admissions.
(b) Definitions.
(c) Words.
(d) Quotations.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After the publishing of the first installment, where was all of Murray's work done?

3. According to the author, in what year did Minor complete his first word list?

4. What was the tragedy of the three shots fired named by the papers?

5. What central figure in the story happened across Murray's appeal to the English people in regards to the Oxford English Dictionary?

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