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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. How did the author describe the man who chased George Merrett on the night of his death?
(a) He wore a black mask and was carrying a gun.
(b) He wore a black jacket and was carrying a gun,
(c) He wore a black cloak and was carrying a blade.
(d) He wore a black mask and was carrying a blade.

2. What addiction did Eliza have after being in touch with Minor?
(a) Marijuana addiction.
(b) Cocaine addiction.
(c) Alcoholism.
(d) Kleptomania.

3. In what year was Minor given electroshock therapy at Broadmoor?
(a) 1878.
(b) 1864.
(c) 1875.
(d) 1847.

4. What was the name of Minor's first book?
(a) "Ceylon Over."
(b) "Complete Man."
(c) "Complete Me."
(d) "Complete Woman."

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what area of New London does the story open?

2. Why did the demand for dictionaries increase according to the author in Chapter 4?

3. What were Merrett's killer's two former professional positions?

4. In 1915, which newspaper did the editor of the Oxford English Dictionary write to and complain about the story of Murray meeting Minor in the asylum?

5. When was the project to create the first Oxford English Dictionary commissioned?

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