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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, The Meeting of Minds.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Merrett's killer claim about the murder?
(a) It was in self defense.
(b) He had been waiting to do that for some time.
(c) He was too drunk to know what was happening.
(d) It was easy.

2. After the first installment, how long did Murray believe it would take him to finish the entire book?
(a) Eleven years.
(b) Eighteen years.
(c) Six years.
(d) Nine years.

3. Which of the following is noted to have been a fact four hundred years earlier than Mr. Trench's speeches?
(a) There was no English dictionary in existence.
(b) The word "dictionary" did not exist.
(c) The first English dictionary was published.
(d) People rarely used dictionaries.

4. Who killed Merrett?
(a) John Washington Wilcox.
(b) Chester James Wilcox.
(c) James Chester Minor.
(d) William Chester Minor.

5. Which of the following did Minor work at every day as part of his work on the Oxford English Dictionary?
(a) Writing Latin references.
(b) Making calls to those who had submitted words.
(c) Indexing.
(d) Calling Murray to confirm word validity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the killer do immediately upon being arrested by police?

2. Who wrote A Dictionary of the English Language?

3. What was Minor's most well known artistic inclination?

4. When was the great dictionary dinner held?

5. What was the nickname of the Oxford English Dictionary?

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