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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Chapter 3 - Popular-Festive Forms.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the targets of the abusive language in Rabelais' prologue to the Third Book?
(a) Foreign travelers who have offended the traditions of Carnival.
(b) Members of the aristocracy whose political ideals are not in keeping with Rabelais' ideals.
(c) Average townsfolk who have imbibed too much wine.
(d) Representatives of old, hypocritical, serious Medieval philosophy.

2. How did Rabelais obtain the material for his writings?
(a) By attending many fairs and festivals and observing all the people there.
(b) By interviewing thousands of market vendors.
(c) By receiving a divine revelation.
(d) By studying manuscripts for long hours in monasteries.

3. In which twentieth-century movement was the grotesque especially evident?
(a) Expressionism.
(b) Futurism.
(c) Modernism.
(d) Impressionism.

4. What do Rabelais' various works indicate about the popular notion of urination?
(a) Urination can only be used for comic purposes.
(b) Urination is a medical mystery that baffles doctors.
(c) Urination fertilizes the earth and creates bodies of water.
(d) Urination is disgusting and should be done privately.

5. What are examples of carnivalesque victims?
(a) Peasants and tax collectors.
(b) Stray dogs and street orphans.
(c) Debased clowns and slaughtered oxen.
(d) Blushing virgins and old maids.

Short Answer Questions

1. Carnival allowed:

2. What repressive organization was Bakhtin forced to join in order to continue writing?

3. Why does Friar John beat thousands of men in his abbey?

4. Rabelais' description of Alcibiades reflects:

5. The vocabulary of the prologue of _Gargantua_ is:

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