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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was Minor given electroshock therapy at Broadmoor?
(a) 1875.
(b) 1878.
(c) 1847.
(d) 1864.

2. Why did Murray want Minor to be able to travel home?
(a) To be able to die.
(b) To marry Eliza.
(c) To become mentally healthy again.
(d) To write his last book.

3. How did Murray feel about the fact that Minor had not attended the dinners?
(a) Irritated and curious.
(b) Perplexed and irritated.
(c) Confused but understanding.
(d) Happy and fine.

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

5. Why did many people write from abroad regarding Minor?
(a) To complain of his harrassment.
(b) To ask for his autograph.
(c) To make sure he was being well looked after.
(d) To request his euthanizing.

6. On what day of the week in November did Murray decide to travel and meet Minor?
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Saturday.

7. 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?
(a) The Argus.
(b) The London Times.
(c) The Sun.
(d) The Daily Telegraph.

8. What addiction did Eliza have after being in touch with Minor?
(a) Marijuana addiction.
(b) Alcoholism.
(c) Cocaine addiction.
(d) Kleptomania.

9. What word did Huxley coin?
(a) Pedatry.
(b) Malerta.
(c) Agnostic.
(d) Suisse.

10. Over time, how did Minor feel about his crimes?
(a) Angry.
(b) Sorry.
(c) Frustrated.
(d) Helpless.

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

12. The word which troubled Murray and was sent to Minor had _______________ "shades of meaning."
(a) Eight.
(b) Six.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Twenty-one.

13. What was the name of Minor's first book?
(a) "Complete Me."
(b) "Complete Woman."
(c) "Complete Man."
(d) "Ceylon Over."

14. When Murray sees the superintendent of Broadmoor, he thinks that the man is _________________.
(a) His brother.
(b) Minor.
(c) Minor's son.
(d) A guard.

15. Which word did Murray have so much trouble with that it had to be sent to Dr. Minor?
(a) Do.
(b) Love.
(c) Death.
(d) Art.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who came first to the Broadmoor Asylum?

2. Minor saw his castration as a ________________ act.

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

4. Apart from Minor, who struggled to follow the directions they were given?

5. In four decades time, 352 pages would become how many pages?

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