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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. How many years from Trench's speech about a new dictionary did the project actually get off the ground?
(a) Eighteen years.
(b) Sixteen years.
(c) Twenty-two years.
(d) Twelve years.

2. When was Murray born?
(a) February, 1837.
(b) December, 1842.
(c) January, 1832.
(d) April, 1823.

3. In Chapter 2, The Man Who Taught Latin to Cattle, who is introduced as the first protagonist?
(a) Dr. Murray.
(b) Dr. Minor.
(c) Mr. Merrett.
(d) Mrs. Scott.

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

5. Who heard the three shots fired in the beginning of the book?
(a) Eliza Ward.
(b) Henry Tarrant.
(c) Henry Burton.
(d) William Ward.

Short Answer Questions

1. Apart from Minor, who struggled to follow the directions they were given?

2. How did the author describe the man who chased George Merrett on the night of his death?

3. How were Minor's and Murray's families similar?

4. The Oxford Dictionary was comprised of _____________volumes.

5. How did the author describe the attitude of the killer caught for Merrett's death upon the killer's capture?

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