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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What style of building was Broadmoor?
(a) Baroque.
(b) Victorian.
(c) Colonial.
(d) Gothic.

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

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

4. The author compared Murray's way of organizing his work on the Oxford English Dictionary to ______________.
(a) A cook on call.
(b) A taxi driver in traffic.
(c) A general on a battlefield.
(d) A doctor in surgery.

5. What was the first word of Minor's to be pasted onto a page for the printers?
(a) Art.
(b) Aptitude.
(c) Ace.
(d) Articulate.

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

7. Why didn't Minor attend the great dictionary dinner?
(a) He had been arrested.
(b) It was unclear.
(c) He was sick.
(d) He did not want to mix with underlings.

8. How many defining sentences were in Minor's response to the word with which Murray was having problems?
(a) 42.
(b) 18.
(c) 21.
(d) 27.

9. What wing in Broadmoor was kept for parole patients?
(a) Block number 6.
(b) Block number 2.
(c) Block C.
(d) Block B.

10. 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.

11. What did the act of sending the rules to Minor symbolize to him?
(a) Courtship.
(b) Childhood memories.
(c) Forgiveness.
(d) Friendliness.

12. How many rooms did Minor have during his stay at Broadmoor?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

13. Whom does the author conjecture may have pushed Minor towards Deism?
(a) Merrett.
(b) Alfred.
(c) Huxley.
(d) Murray.

14. According to the author, for how long had Minor been planning to physically mutilate his sexual organs?
(a) Since childhood.
(b) It was an impulsive act.
(c) Months.
(d) Days.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Murray feel about the fact that Minor had not attended the dinners?

2. How did Minor regard the Asylum?

3. According to the author, in what year did Minor complete his first word list?

4. What were Murray's original religious views?

5. To which block was William Minor taken upon commitment to Broadmoor?

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