Rabelais and His World Quiz Questions | Quiz: Book 1, Rabelais & His World : Chapter 1, Foreward to Chapter 4, Chapter 2 - The Language of the Marketplace

Quiz: Book 1, Rabelais & His World : Chapter 1, Foreward to Chapter 4, Chapter 2 - The Language of the Marketplace

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

Directions: Circle the correct answer.

1. What does the "form" of any kind of art express?
a) Whatever the audience chooses.
b) Only one possible message.
c) A system of values.
d) The materials from which the art is constructed.

2. Bakhtin believes that novels are:
a) Inherently confessional.
b) Utterly separate from the author's own life.
c) Random, like stream-of-consciousness.
d) Socially charged and polemical.

3. Why did Bakhtin feel his times were comparable to those of the Renaissance?
a) The specific threat of disease was killing many people in both times.
b) The literatures and cultures of both eras bore a distinct...
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