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

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

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

4. Where was Minor blocked after the first few months of his stay at Broadmoor?
(a) Block number 2.
(b) Block C.
(c) Block number 3.
(d) Block B.

5. What thoughts did Minor have once he received the rules?
(a) He would marry Eliza.
(b) He would become a scholar again.
(c) He would begin work in Ceylon again.
(d) He would escape the asylum.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose hostility faded for religion over time?

2. What quality did many people who worked on the Oxford English Dictionary admire in Minor?

3. What was Minor's most well known artistic inclination?

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

5. 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?

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 was miraculous about Mrs. Merrett deciding to see Minor at Broadmoor?

4. What is controversial about the story of the meeting of Minor and Murray?

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

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

7. What showed the great essence of teamwork between Murray and Minor?

8. How did Minor come to be able to return to the United States at the end of his life? What obstacles did he face along the way?

9. It is suggested that Murray's letter to Minor was a token of forgiveness. Why?

10. What about Murray does the author feel may have triggered Minor's religious feelings of guilt and shame for his past misdeeds?

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