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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Annulated, Art, Brick-Tea, Buckwheat.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Minor's first book?
(a) "Complete Man."
(b) "Complete Woman."
(c) "Complete Me."
(d) "Ceylon Over."

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

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

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

5. Trench argued that dictionaries should be histories of the life span of every word and that these lives should be ______.
(a) Charted.
(b) Explained.
(c) Given.
(d) Ended.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what purpose was Murray asked to go to Oxford?

2. What thoughts did Minor have once he received the rules?

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

4. How did Mr. Trench define the importance of the English language insofar as Christianity?

5. At what age was William sent to the United States?

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