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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At Broadmoor, who was searched and taken to Surrey?
(a) James Ward.
(b) John McClellan.
(c) William Bard.
(d) William Minor.

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

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

4. How did Minor feel about the rules being sent to him by Minor?
(a) Angry.
(b) Intimidated.
(c) Deflated.
(d) Overjoyed.

5. Whose hostility faded for religion over time?
(a) Huxley.
(b) Merrett.
(c) Murray.
(d) Minor.

6. Minor's submissions to Murray arrived in ______________.
(a) Hampshire.
(b) Derry.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Oxford.

7. Minor saw his castration as a ________________ act.
(a) Impulsive and stupid.
(b) Religious and redemptive.
(c) Natural and timely.
(d) Funny and impulsive.

8. What was Minor's most well known artistic inclination?
(a) Singing.
(b) Playing piano.
(c) Drawing.
(d) Painting.

9. According to the author, after organizing a quote what kind of a definition did Murray have to write?
(a) A detailed one.
(b) A referenced one.
(c) An elegant one.
(d) A succinct one.

10. Who created the fictitious meeting of Murray and Minor?
(a) Murray.
(b) A journalist.
(c) Minor.
(d) The son of Murray.

11. Murray wanted as many ______ as he could get for the words to capture subtle variations in them.
(a) Quotes.
(b) References.
(c) Words.
(d) Connections.

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

13. What were Murray's original religious views?
(a) Christian.
(b) Seventh Day Adventist.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Mormon.

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

15. How many pages did "A" have in the first published installment?
(a) 341.
(b) 175.
(c) 142.
(d) 352.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Murray want Minor to be able to travel home?

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

4. To whom did Minor write in order to make amends for his crimes?

5. When Murray sees the superintendent of Broadmoor, he thinks that the man is _________________.

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