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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. From what country were the two men who did not attend the great dictionary dinner?
(a) Portugal.
(b) Ceylon.
(c) Great Britain.
(d) The United States.

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

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

5. According to the author, what sort of life did Minor live at Broadmoor?
(a) One of perfect leisure and security.
(b) One of strangeness and many shocks.
(c) One of luxury.
(d) One of inconsistency, but with good food.

6. Why did Hall not come to the great dictionary dinner?
(a) He was known to be a hermit.
(b) He was in military service.
(c) He was getting married.
(d) He was sick.

7. What did Murray threaten to do at various times due to the Delegates' interferences, slow pace, and his suffering health?
(a) Stop the process.
(b) Report Minor to the police.
(c) Resign.
(d) Fire everyone.

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

9. How did the author describe Murray's work in Chapter 8, Annulated, Art, Brick-Tea, Buckwheat?
(a) Easier than the years before.
(b) Relatively easy compared to Minor's.
(c) Difficult.
(d) Painstaking.

10. What was Murray filled with after learning that Minor was a patient at the asylum?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Interest.
(c) Fear.
(d) Anger.

11. What were Murray's original religious views?
(a) Christian.
(b) Mormon.
(c) Seventh Day Adventist.
(d) Catholic.

12. Murray wanted as many ______ as he could get for the words to capture subtle variations in them.
(a) Quotes.
(b) Words.
(c) Connections.
(d) References.

13. How many rooms did Minor have during his stay at Broadmoor?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Four.

14. According to the author, after organizing a quote what kind of a definition did Murray have to write?
(a) An elegant one.
(b) A referenced one.
(c) A succinct one.
(d) A detailed one.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which word did Murray have so much trouble with that it had to be sent to Dr. Minor?

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

3. Who came first to the Broadmoor Asylum?

4. Who was the editor of the Oxford English Dictionary in 1915?

5. To whom did Minor write in order to make amends for his crimes?

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