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