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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, in what year did Minor complete his first word list?
(a) 1887.
(b) 1883.
(c) 1889.
(d) 1882.

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

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

4. Who was the editor of the Oxford English Dictionary in 1915?
(a) Bradley Henry.
(b) James Henry.
(c) Henry Bradley.
(d) Henry James.

5. For each book, what did Minor write?
(a) A complete and detailed reference list.
(b) A letter to Ms. Merrett.
(c) A word list.
(d) A letter to Murray to announce its coming.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On what day of the week in November did Murray decide to travel and meet Minor?

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

4. How many pages did "A" have in the first published installment?

5. The Scriptorium made out of ______________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What effect did Murray and his workers' reliance on Minor's letters and help have on Minor?

2. The author compares Murray to a general on a battlefield. Why?

3. What does the author give as the chief purpose behind Minor's self-mutilation? Was it achieved?

4. Why is it important, in relation to Minor's past, that the author states that people admired Minor for his meticulous work?

5. Describe how Minor may have felt when he entered the property at the Broadmoor Asylum.

6. What was one of the greatest mistakes Murray made upon arriving at Broadmoor and speaking to the superintendent?

7. Was it good that Minor began to view the asylum as his home?

8. Do you think it is the author's opinion that electroshock therapy affected Minor?

9. What can one infer from the fact that Minor had many people who wrote letters to Broadmoor, inquiring about his health and well-being?

10. What is relevant about the fact that Minor was a fan of Huxley, particularly his idea of agnosticism?

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