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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Entering the Lists.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years later did the second edition of the Oxford English Dictionary come out after the original?
(a) Thirty-eight years.
(b) Fifty years.
(c) Thirty years.
(d) Forty-five years.

2. How long after the Minors settled in Ceylon was William Minor born?
(a) Two years.
(b) One year.
(c) Five weeks.
(d) Three months.

3. In Chapter 2, the author gives a detailed description of what word?
(a) Murder.
(b) Protagonist.
(c) Love.
(d) Antgonist.

4. Where did Richard Chenevix Trench speak?
(a) In Town Hall.
(b) In the London Library.
(c) Outside Cambridge University.
(d) In the streets of London.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Describe Minor's routine for writing his first book.

2. How did the author describe the words that Minor used in his first book?

3. Lucy was born to the Minors __________after William's birth.

4. On what notable holiday did the making of the Oxford English Dictionary begin?

5. For each book, what did Minor write?

(see the answer key)

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