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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 Minor have shelves made for at Broadmoor?
(a) His wooden boat models.
(b) His books.
(c) His drawing tools.
(d) His painting tools.

2. When was the publishing of the first installment of the Oxford English Dictionary?
(a) May 8th, 1883.
(b) December 12th, 1887.
(c) January 29th, 1884.
(d) February 6th, 1882.

3. Whom did Murray impress with his definitions?
(a) English Royalty.
(b) Scholars around the world.
(c) The whole world over.
(d) The Philological Society..

4. What did Judith do professionally?
(a) She was a schoolteacher.
(b) She was a house wife.
(c) She was a missionary.
(d) She was a cook for the Ceylon military.

5. The author compared Murray's way of organizing his work on the Oxford English Dictionary to ______________.
(a) A general on a battlefield.
(b) A doctor in surgery.
(c) A cook on call.
(d) A taxi driver in traffic.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Murray invited to Oxford?

2. When does this story take place?

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

4. What was the idea behind the Philological Society?

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

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