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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of Christianity did the Murray family follow?
(a) United Church of Christ.
(b) Congregationalist.
(c) Methodist.
(d) Seventh Day Adventists.

2. What was the driving force behind Minor's spiral into "lust, madness, and perdition"?
(a) The women of Ceylon.
(b) The drug culture of Ceylon.
(c) The gambling scene in Ceylon.
(d) The constant moving of his family.

3. What did the killer do immediately upon being arrested by police?
(a) Tried to escape.
(b) Fell asleep.
(c) Laughed uncontrollably.
(d) Confessed.

4. In what century did some Latin-English dictionaries began to appear?
(a) The 12th century.
(b) The 16th century.
(c) The 14th century.
(d) The 15th century.

5. For what purpose was Murray asked to go to Oxford?
(a) To speak with the residents of Oxford.
(b) To speak with the dean of Oxford University.
(c) To speak with the president of Oxford University.
(d) To speak to the Oxford Publishing delegates.

6. How many years did it take to complete the Oxford English Dictionary?
(a) Seventy.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Sixty.
(d) Forty.

7. How did people contact the Philological Society in order to submit new words to the new dictionary?
(a) By letter.
(b) In person at the library.
(c) By telegraph.
(d) By telephone.

8. What climate is the island of Ceylon?
(a) Desert.
(b) Snowy.
(c) Tropical.
(d) Koppen.

9. Who killed Merrett?
(a) John Washington Wilcox.
(b) James Chester Minor.
(c) William Chester Minor.
(d) Chester James Wilcox.

10. When was Murray invited to Oxford?
(a) April 21st, 1976.
(b) May 8th, 1878.
(c) April 26th, 1878.
(d) May 8th, 1876.

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

12. How many years later did the second edition of the Oxford English Dictionary come out after the original?
(a) Fifty years.
(b) Forty-five years.
(c) Thirty years.
(d) Thirty-eight years.

13. In what city was Murray born?
(a) Yorkshire.
(b) Hawick.
(c) Lovely.
(d) Derry.

14. Which of the following is noted to have been a fact four hundred years earlier than Mr. Trench's speeches?
(a) There was no English dictionary in existence.
(b) People rarely used dictionaries.
(c) The first English dictionary was published.
(d) The word "dictionary" did not exist.

15. What central figure in the story happened across Murray's appeal to the English people in regards to the Oxford English Dictionary?
(a) Mr. Trench.
(b) Nakiesha Wilson.
(c) Dr. William Minor.
(d) James Koss.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years from Trench's speech about a new dictionary did the project actually get off the ground?

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

3. In Chapter 5, what was the name of Mr. Trench's speech in regards to the making of the Oxford English Dictionary?

4. How did Murray spend most of his childhood?

5. Where were George Merrett and his wife originally from?

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