The American Scholar

What is Ralph Waldo Emerson's date of birth?

• May 25, 1810

• May 25, 1803

• May 25, 1799

• May 25, 1813

Where did he deliver his speech "The American Scholar"?

• At the Literary Society of Yale College in New Haven, Connecticut

• At the Union League Club of Columbia University in New York City

• At the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

• At the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Boston, Massachusetts

When did he deliver his speech?

• 1827

• 1817

• 1847

• 1837

What is transcendentalism?

• A philosophy that values nature, individual intuition, and the idea that people are naturally good

• A belief in strict religious rules and traditions

• A movement that focused on science and technology

• A political system based on democracy and capitalism

In Emerson’s speech "The American Scholar," what does the term “scholar” represent?

• Someone who pursues academic success mainly to gain wealth

• Someone who simply experiences typical student life in American colleges

• Someone who criticizes education and promotes a return to religious study

• Someone who breaks away from European ideas to become an independent thinker, leader, and truthful voice for society

What are the main themes of the speech?

• Strict religious obedience, economic success, and political power

• Intellectual independence, the importance of nature, individual self-reliance, and the scholar’s responsibility to society

• Imitating European thinkers, focusing solely on scientific facts, and avoiding creativity

• The rejection of education and promoting isolation from society