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

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

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

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

5. How many more years after the publishing of the first installment would it actually take for Murray to finish the Oxford English Dictionary?
(a) Fifty-two years.
(b) Forty-four years.
(c) Forty-eight years.
(d) Forty-seven years.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following helped Minor become comfortable at Broadmoor?

3. What time span did the author use to describe the length of time Minor took to complete his first word list?

4. After the first installment, how long did Murray believe it would take him to finish the entire book?

5. What were Murray's original religious views?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the significance of Minor's submissions evolving from one slip of paper to large paper bags arriving in Murray's office.

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

3. What was the overarching reason why Murray decided to visit Minor?

4. In Chapter 6, what do the author's previously established characteristics of Minor suggest about how he may have gotten along with the parole patients in Block 2?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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