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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, Then Only the Monuments, Postscript.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who came first to the Broadmoor Asylum?
(a) Charles Minor.
(b) James Murray.
(c) Charles Murray.
(d) William Minor.

2. What did Minor have shelves made for at Broadmoor?
(a) His painting tools.
(b) His books.
(c) His drawing tools.
(d) His wooden boat models.

3. How did Minor regard the Asylum?
(a) As his temple.
(b) As his library.
(c) As his playground.
(d) As his home.

4. Part of the difficult process of writing the dictionary included the envelope of ______ being properly applied and analyzed.
(a) Words.
(b) Quotations.
(c) Definitions.
(d) Admissions.

5. In what year did Brayn order all of Minor's privileges to be removed?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1910.
(c) 1908.
(d) 1904.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author compared Murray's way of organizing his work on the Oxford English Dictionary to ______________.

2. Merrett's killer was from ______________.

3. How did the author describe Murray's instructions in the beginning of Chapter 7, Entering the Lists?

4. Where did the staff allow Minor to walk that most others were not allowed?

5. Why did many people write from abroad regarding Minor?

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