Rabelais and His World Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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Rabelais and His World Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bakhtin thinks that life is:

2. Medieval parodies were:

3. What does Bakhtin find inadequate in Veselovsky's metaphor of Rabelais as a village boy?

4. In Rabelais' time, jurons, or profanities and oaths, were most often concerned with:

5. What common fifteenth- and sixteenth-century literary device does Bakhtin identify in the Prologue to the Third Book?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Catchpoles and what they symbolize.

2. How does Bakhtin interpret the prologue of _Pantagruel_?

3. What does the prologue of _Pantagruel_ parody?

4. How is Bakhtin's book "double-voiced," as Michael Holquist asserts it is?

5. Why does Bakhtin state that in Rabelais' novel everyday kitchen implements and foods have an intrinsic value?

6. Describe the Renaissance student writings.

7. What was Rabelais' relationship with the fairs based upon?

8. What does Bakhtin mean when he argues that laughter affirms the people's unofficial truth?

9. What does Rabelais parody with the character of Janotus de Bragmardo?

10. What was Bakhtin's relationship with the Russian Union of Writers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the nature of Medieval and Renaissance popular dramatic forms. On what occasions were performances held? What genre were these performances, and what was their common subject matter? What does Bakhtin mean when he asserts that such performances had no "footlights"? Citing examples from the text, explore the theme of universalism in these dramas.

Essay Topic 2

What role or roles do banquet images play in Rabelais' novel? How are they connected to popular-festive forms? How does Bakhtin interpret the material body in Rabelais' banquet imagery? How do banquets, eating, and drinking express folk culture? Refer to examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Describe how Rabelais uses Friar John as a representative of the Catholic Church. How does he describe Friar John? What situations does Rabelais put Friar John into, and how does the Friar behave? What might these situations and characterization say about the Church? How do official and unofficial modes of speech and communication work with Friar John? Does he represent the carnivalesque, the grotesque, or popular festivity in anything he says or does?

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