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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. During the "feast of fools" and the "feast of the ass," laughter:
(a) Was encouraged even in church.
(b) Was forbidden because of the sacredness of the festival.
(c) Was regulated by the town fools and farmers.
(d) Was forbidden everywhere but the marketplace.

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

3. Clowns and fools are:
(a) Everyday representatives of the folk and of Carnival.
(b) Restricted to entertaining the royal court.
(c) Prisoners forced to entertain others.
(d) Present only at large fairs or gatherings.

4. What does Bakhtin consider the most indispensable element of folk culture?
(a) Death rituals.
(b) Fables.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Carnival.

5. Why, according to Bakhtin, is Rabelais' parody of the Church not considered heresy?
(a) Rabelais follows every criticism with heartfelt praise.
(b) The Church received an annual tribute from Rabelais, so it overlooked his parodies.
(c) Rabelais maintains a comic style, so no one could mistake him for being serious.
(d) The clergy paid no attention to Rabelais' works.

Short Answer Questions

1. Carnival allowed:

2. Bakhtin thinks that life is:

3. Comic rituals in Medieval and Renaissance Europe were:

4. When the grotesque was revived in the Romantic era, what did it react against?

5. In which twentieth-century movement was the grotesque especially evident?

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