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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) 1864.
(b) 1875.
(c) 1878.
(d) 1847.

2. Which of the following did Minor work at every day as part of his work on the Oxford English Dictionary?
(a) Calling Murray to confirm word validity.
(b) Writing Latin references.
(c) Making calls to those who had submitted words.
(d) Indexing.

3. Whom did Murray impress with his definitions?
(a) Scholars around the world.
(b) The Philological Society..
(c) The whole world over.
(d) English Royalty.

4. In four decades time, 352 pages would become how many pages?
(a) 14,425.
(b) 15,487.
(c) 16,211.
(d) 11,846.

5. Describe Minor's routine for writing his first book.
(a) He would read random lines from the book to nurses in the ward and ask their advice for each chapter.
(b) He would read each and every word of the book five times before moving to the next.
(c) He would read every word, line-by-line, writing down anything of interest.
(d) He would read the lines out loud to see if they flowed.

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

7. What time span did the author use to describe the length of time Minor took to complete his first word list?
(a) Months.
(b) Days.
(c) Decades.
(d) Years.

8. Apart from Minor, who struggled to follow the directions they were given?
(a) Immigrants.
(b) Murray.
(c) Editors.
(d) Readers.

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

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

11. What did Minor have shelves made for at Broadmoor?
(a) His wooden boat models.
(b) His drawing tools.
(c) His books.
(d) His painting tools.

12. Which of the following helped Minor become comfortable at Broadmoor?
(a) His tantrums.
(b) His request.
(c) His sadness.
(d) His upbringing.

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

14. What was Murray filled with after learning that Minor was a patient at the asylum?
(a) Interest.
(b) Anger.
(c) Fear.
(d) Happiness.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who came first to the Broadmoor Asylum?

2. What did the act of sending the rules to Minor symbolize to him?

3. Whose hostility faded for religion over time?

4. According to the author, after organizing a quote what kind of a definition did Murray have to write?

5. Murray wanted as many ______ as he could get for the words to capture subtle variations in them.

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