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. What do oaths and curses have in common with town announcements and the calls of vendors?
(a) They are all said with the same feelings in mind.
(b) They all are familiar parts of the society of the marketplace.
(c) They are the only socially acceptable methods of greeting strangers.
(d) They all are forbidden during certain times of the year.

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

3. Bakhtin finds food and drink representative of society because:
(a) The work of collecting and preparing meals was a community affair.
(b) Certain societies eat only certain foods.
(c) The type of food or drink determines the type of person.
(d) Feasts were the only time available for socialization.

4. Bakhtin associates Friar John's beating of the men with:
(a) Juvenalian satires of public figures.
(b) Market vendors who assault non-paying customers.
(c) The Dionysian feast of the grape harvest.
(d) The last charge of Charlemagne.

5. Who is Janotus de Bragmardo?
(a) A market vendor scheming to cheat Gargantua.
(b) A robber who stumbles across Gargantua's treasure.
(c) A scholar sent to recover church bells from Gargantua.
(d) A clown who mocks Gargantua at Carnival.