1. The purpose of "travesty" in folk festivals was to:
(a) Indicate the importance of travel to an individual's self-development.
(b) Reassert traditional definitions of social and spiritual life.
(c) Irreversibly denigrate everything it could.
(d) Call upon something serious and make it amusing.

2. In Rabelais' novel, the "ancestral body" to which Bakhtin refers means:
(a) The record of births and deaths kept by local churches.
(b) The portions of the body that die over time, like hair and fingernails.
(c) The generative organs which produce children.
(d) The features of one's body in which one resembles one's parents.

3. What was the reception of Rabelais' work in the eighteenth century?
(a) His work was viewed as a revival of Classical writing.
(b) Other writers used his topics as a jumping-off point for their own works.
(c) Other writers strove to emulate his style.
(d) His work was viewed as unintelligible and barbaric.

4. During Bakhtin's time, what genre was being closely defined by the Soviet government?
(a) The lyric.
(b) The epic poem.
(c) The novel.
(d) The biography.

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) Both eras were times of broad social change that left people unsure of how to proceed.
(c) Two political leaders of the different eras were incredibly alike.
(d) The specific threat of disease was killing many people in both times.