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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. Who came first to the Broadmoor Asylum?
(a) James Murray.
(b) Charles Murray.
(c) Charles Minor.
(d) William Minor.

2. What did treatment of Minor's condition involve?
(a) Electroshock.
(b) Psychotropic drugs.
(c) Ridlin and caffeine pills.
(d) Heavy sedatives.

3. According to Minor, every word would possibly be a ______ now that he was beginning his work on the dictionary.
(a) "Challenge."
(b) "Catchword."
(c) "Flash."
(d) "Play."

4. Who was the most famous editor of the Old English Dictionary?
(a) Dr. Sweet.
(b) Frederick Furnivall.
(c) Dr. Minor.
(d) James Murray.

5. How were Minor's and Murray's families similar?
(a) They were both poor.
(b) They did not have a father figure.
(c) They both ignored each man as a child.
(d) They were both deeply pious.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Minor feel about the rules being sent to him by Minor?

2. What was Huxley involved in professionally?

3. On what notable holiday did the making of the Oxford English Dictionary begin?

4. How did Murray feel about the fact that Minor had not attended the dinners?

5. How many men authored A Dictionary of the English Language?

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