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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, Then Only the Monuments, Postscript.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Hall not come to the great dictionary dinner?
(a) He was in military service.
(b) He was getting married.
(c) He was sick.
(d) He was known to be a hermit.

2. What did the act of sending the rules to Minor symbolize to him?
(a) Courtship.
(b) Childhood memories.
(c) Forgiveness.
(d) Friendliness.

3. According to the author, who is the "second" protagonist of the story?
(a) Dr. Henry Sweet.
(b) Dr. Minor.
(c) Mrs. Elsa.
(d) James Augustus Henry Murray.

4. Murray hoped the Oxford English Dictionary would be finished by his ______________ birthday.
(a) His 75th.
(b) His 78th.
(c) His 80th.
(d) His 81st.

5. How many defining sentences were in Minor's response to the word with which Murray was having problems?
(a) 42.
(b) 21.
(c) 18.
(d) 27.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who killed Merrett?

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

3. What kind of Christianity did the Murray family follow?

4. At Broadmoor, who was searched and taken to Surrey?

5. Who was the first to die working on the Oxford English Dictionary project?

(see the answer key)

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