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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What wing in Broadmoor was kept for parole patients?

2. How long did it take Murray to travel to see Minor?

3. Whom did Murray impress with his definitions?

4. In four decades time, 352 pages would become how many pages?

5. What addiction did Eliza have after being in touch with Minor?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Murray's Scriptorium represent to present day scholars of the English language?

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

8. Why could Minor more easily understand Murray's directions in comparison to others?

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

10. How did it become clear that Murray had very little idea of what psychological state Minor experienced?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"Structure is equally important to non-fictional works as it is to fictional works." Explore this idea with reference to the text.

Essay Topic 2

Explore the ways in which self-delusion is important to the events in the text. Make reference to Minor as well as at least one other figure.

Essay Topic 3

Redemption and the overcoming of personal and professional obstacles are central to the text. Discuss.

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