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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Chapter 4 - Banquet Imagery & Chapter 5 - The Grotesque Image of the Body and Its Sources.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Gargantua steal the bells of the Notre Dame cathedral?
(a) To decorate the harness of his horse.
(b) To frighten the townsfolk of Paris.
(c) To celebrate his marriage.
(d) To sound the alarm for an impending invasion.

2. Bakhtin associates Friar John's beating of the men with:
(a) The last charge of Charlemagne.
(b) Juvenalian satires of public figures.
(c) Market vendors who assault non-paying customers.
(d) The Dionysian feast of the grape harvest.

3. Bakhtin asserts that beatings, death, feasting, and merrymaking are all integral parts of:
(a) Rabelais' view of the proper treatment of foreigners and peasants.
(b) The Renaissance notion that all which is already established is perfect.
(c) The Renaissance system of images that is perpetually regenerative and never decaying.
(d) The methods of marketplace vendors in overpricing their goods.

4. What does Bakhtin consider the "symposium" of Medieval grotesque realism?
(a) Vows spoken between lovers.
(b) Bear-baiting in the town square.
(c) Refereed debates between two clergymen.
(d) The tradition of festive speech.

5. Bakhtin notes that two of the most commonly combined themes in Medieval popular literature relating to monks are:
(a) Piety and cruelty.
(b) Gluttony and desire.
(c) Sex and death.
(d) Envy and greed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bakhtin asserts that man introduces the world to himself primarily through which act?

2. In Rabelais' novel, the words "to die" are closely associated with:

3. How is the figure of the king treated in Rabelais' writing?

4. The episode in which Pantagruel and his companions defeat King Anarchus' knights combines:

5. Bakhtin finds that ___________ are especially closely interwoven with the grotesque body.

(see the answer key)

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