1 Where was Norhtrop Frye born? England Canada USA France 2 Where did Frye do most of his teaching? Toronto New York Princeton Harvard 3 What was Frye’s first book about? Virginia Woolf Shakespeare Homer William Blake 4 What did Frye originally train as? A librarian A doctor A minister A professor 5 What literary movement was most popular during Frye’s time? Feminism Postmodernism Deconstruction New Criticism 6 What did the New Criticism focus on? History Psychoanalysis Biography Close reading 7 What was one cause of an increase of students in universities in the 1950s? The GI Bill Lower admissions standards The baby boom Feminism 8 What does an “essay” mean in its original sense? An argument A proof A demonstration An attempt 9 What supplanted Frye’s influence in the 1980s? Deconstruction and poststructuralism Queer theory Feminism Libertarianism 10 What does Frye advocate literary criticism be treated as? A science A painting A joke A speech 11 Frye has a chapter on each of the following except … Myths Symbols Modes History 12 Frye has a chapter on each of the following except … Genres Modes Symbols Biography 13 With what is a “mode” primarily associated? Genres Power of action Symbols Archetypes 14 Which of the following is NOT a mode? Ironic Inferior High mimetic Mythic 15 Which of the following is NOT a mode? Superior Romantic High mimetic Low mimetic 16 Which of the following is NOT associated with symbols? Motif Metaphor Allegory Sign 17 Which of the following is NOT associated with symbols? Image Prophesy Monad Motif 18 A motif is primarily associated with which of the following? Internal reference Descriptive reference Imagery Spiritual reference 19 Which of the following goes with a “monad”? Regional Historical Universal Biographical 20 Centripetal is to “motif” as centrifugal is to Metaphor Monad Sign Archetype 21 Gods are associated with which of the following modes? High mimetic Mythic Ironic Romantic 22 Heroes are associated with which of the following modes? Romantic Mythic Ironic Low mimetic 23 The everyman is associated with which of the following modes? High mimetic Mythic Ironic Low mimetic 24 The scoundrel is associated with which of the following modes? Mythic Low mimetic Ironic Romantic 25 Each mode is also associated with what? An archetype A metaphor A historical epoch A symbol
