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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. On the day Murray died, what did Minor do?
(a) He hit one of the staff at the asylum.
(b) He tried to escape the asylum.
(c) He asked Eliza to marry him.
(d) He escaped the asylum.

2. How did the author describe Murray's instructions in the beginning of Chapter 7, Entering the Lists?
(a) Bossy.
(b) Simple.
(c) Confusing.
(d) Detailed.

3. How did the author describe Murray's work in Chapter 8, Annulated, Art, Brick-Tea, Buckwheat?
(a) Painstaking.
(b) Easier than the years before.
(c) Relatively easy compared to Minor's.
(d) Difficult.

4. Who was the first to die working on the Oxford English Dictionary project?
(a) Murray.
(b) Bard.
(c) Furnivall.
(d) Minor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Dr. Minor arrive in London?

2. How did the author describe the attitude of the killer caught for Merrett's death upon the killer's capture?

3. Where was Minor blocked after the first few months of his stay at Broadmoor?

4. What wing in Broadmoor was kept for parole patients?

5. 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?

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