This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Chapter 4 - Banquet Imagery & Chapter 5 - The Grotesque Image of the Body and Its Sources.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bakhtin considers "thrashing" ambivalent, rather than strictly negative, because:
(a) The one who is thrashed is also decorated and celebrated.
(b) The one who is thrashed explicitly agrees to the act.
(c) The act of thrashing is done to punish the individual.
(d) The act of thrashing is done out of kindness.

2. Bakhtin asserts that beatings, death, feasting, and merrymaking are all integral parts of:
(a) The Renaissance system of images that is perpetually regenerative and never decaying.
(b) The Renaissance notion that all which is already established is perfect.
(c) Rabelais' view of the proper treatment of foreigners and peasants.
(d) The methods of marketplace vendors in overpricing their goods.

3. What are the "Catchpoles" of which Rabelais writes?
(a) Vegetables which require being strung to a pole in order to grow.
(b) Materials used to build large meeting-houses.
(c) People who earn money by allowing others to beat them.
(d) Animals sent into the wild as sacrifices.

4. "The Treatise of Garcia of Toledo," which Bakhtin cites, is notable for:
(a) Its portrayal of the gluttony of the Pope.
(b) Its retelling of ancient myths and fables.
(c) Its simple philosophy of religious asceticism.
(d) Its disregard for the festive tradition.

5. Bakhtin asserts that man introduces the world to himself primarily through which act?
(a) Observing nature.
(b) Sexual intercourse.
(c) Eating.
(d) Conversation.