Rabelais and His World Quiz Questions | Quiz: Book 1, Rabelais & His World : Chapter 1, Foreward to Book 1, Rabelais & His World : Chapter 2, Prologue & Introduction

Quiz: Book 1, Rabelais & His World : Chapter 1, Foreward to Book 1, Rabelais & His World : Chapter 2, Prologue & Introduction

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

Multiple Choice Questions

Directions: Circle the correct answer.

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

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

3. What are the "intelligentsia"?
a) A group which provides an interpretation of the world.
b) The bits of knowledge all people accumulate over their lifetimes.
c) A group of exclusively male scholars.
d) An elite...
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