Surprise! – Quiz – Oliver Wendell Holmes

1. Holmes suggested the word _________________________ to an American surgeon in 1846.

2. Holmes studied law, but decided to become a _____________________.

3. Holmes was one of the founders of the ___________________ magazine in 1857.

4. The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table described essays taken from lively talk at an imaginary Boston ______________________.

5. Holmes poetry is mostly light and __________________.

6. Holmes was a punny guy. The sign outside of his practice read “_____________________________________.”