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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Chapter 2 - Language of the Marketplace Cont..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which twentieth-century movement was the grotesque especially evident?
(a) Expressionism.
(b) Futurism.
(c) Impressionism.
(d) Modernism.

2. How does the prologue of _Pantagruel_ demonstrate the connection between literature and the marketplace?
(a) It simultaneously advertises itself and praises the public.
(b) It exhorts its readers to record in writing their own experiences of fairs and of Carnival.
(c) It offers a pricey alternative to illiteracy.
(d) It begins with a detailed description of the author's hometown marketplace.

3. According to Bakhtin, what is the function of art?
(a) To glorify the artist.
(b) To be sold for money or services.
(c) To be beautiful in and of itself.
(d) To communicate meaningful messages.

4. When did the Russian Revolution occur?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1850.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1936.

5. Why did Bakhtin feel his times were comparable to those of the Renaissance?
(a) The literatures and cultures of both eras bore a distinct resemblance.
(b) Two political leaders of the different eras were incredibly alike.
(c) Both eras were times of broad social change that left people unsure of how to proceed.
(d) The specific threat of disease was killing many people in both times.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rabelais accomplish the grotesque degradation of his target in the prologue to the Third Book?

2. The combination of solemnity and joking in the tone of the Prologue to the Third Book indicates:

3. What does young Gargantua study in order to become acquainted with the common folk?

4. Bakhtin thinks that life is:

5. What do some critics argue has been absent from Russian literature?

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