Anatomy of Criticism Quizzes

Anatomy of Criticism Quiz #1

1 Where was Norhtrop Frye born?

England

Canada

USA

France
2 Where did Frye do most of his teaching?

Princeton

Harvard

New York

Toronto
3 What was Frye’s first book about?

Shakespeare

Homer

William Blake

Virginia Woolf
4 What did Frye originally train as?

A librarian

A minister

A doctor

A professor
5 What literary movement was most popular during Frye’s time?

New Criticism

Deconstruction

Feminism

Postmodernism
6 What did the New Criticism focus on?

Biography

History

Close reading

Psychoanalysis
7 What was one cause of an increase of students in universities in the 1950s?

The GI Bill

Feminism

Lower admissions standards

The baby boom
8 What does an “essay” mean in its original sense?

An argument

A demonstration

A proof

An attempt
9 What supplanted Frye’s influence in the 1980s?

Deconstruction and poststructuralism

Feminism

Queer theory

Libertarianism
10 What does Frye advocate literary criticism be treated as?

A science

A speech

A painting

A joke
11 Frye has a chapter on each of the following except …

Symbols

Modes

Myths

History
12 Frye has a chapter on each of the following except …

Biography

Genres

Modes

Symbols
13 With what is a “mode” primarily associated?

Archetypes

Power of action

Genres

Symbols
14 Which of the following is NOT a mode?

Mythic

Inferior

Ironic

High mimetic
15 Which of the following is NOT a mode?

High mimetic

Low mimetic

Superior

Romantic
16 Which of the following is NOT associated with symbols?

Allegory

Metaphor

Motif

Sign
17 Which of the following is NOT associated with symbols?

Image

Monad

Prophesy

Motif
18 A motif is primarily associated with which of the following?

Internal reference

Descriptive reference

Spiritual reference

Imagery
19 Which of the following goes with a “monad”?

Historical

Universal

Regional

Biographical
20 Centripetal is to “motif” as centrifugal is to

Sign

Metaphor

Archetype

Monad
21 Gods are associated with which of the following modes?

High mimetic

Ironic

Romantic

Mythic
22 Heroes are associated with which of the following modes?

Romantic

Ironic

Mythic

Low mimetic
23 The everyman is associated with which of the following modes?

Ironic

High mimetic

Mythic

Low mimetic
24 The scoundrel is associated with which of the following modes?

Romantic

Ironic

Low mimetic

Mythic
25 Each mode is also associated with what?

An archetype

A metaphor

A historical epoch

A symbol

Anatomy of Criticism Questions and Answers

The Question and Answer section for Anatomy of Criticism is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.

Ask Your Own Question

Study Guide for Anatomy of Criticism

Anatomy of Criticism study guide contains a biography of Horatio Alger, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.

Read the Study Guide for Anatomy of Criticism…

Wikipedia Entries for Anatomy of Criticism

Introduction

View Wikipedia Entries for Anatomy of Criticism…