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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, The Unkindest Cut.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the project to create the first Oxford English Dictionary commissioned?
(a) In the 1850's.
(b) In the 1840's.
(c) In the 1860's.
(d) In the 1830's.

2. To which block was William Minor taken upon commitment to Broadmoor?
(a) Block number 8.
(b) Block. C.
(c) Block A
(d) Block number 4.

3. How have many described the language of the Oxford English Dictionary?
(a) Complicated.
(b) Easy.
(c) Arrogant.
(d) Basic.

4. How many supplements of the Oxford English Dictionary came out after the original?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Six.
(d) Two.

5. The author compared Murray's way of organizing his work on the Oxford English Dictionary to ______________.
(a) A general on a battlefield.
(b) A cook on call.
(c) A doctor in surgery.
(d) A taxi driver in traffic.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what country were the two men who did not attend the great dictionary dinner?

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

3. What two words does the author use to describe the Lambeth area, particularly in relation to the undrained marsh?

4. The Minor family came to the United States only a decade after what group of people?

5. When Murray sees the superintendent of Broadmoor, he thinks that the man is _________________.

(see the answer key)

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