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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. According to Bakhtin, Carnival was the true symbol and incarnation of:
(a) The folk festival.
(b) The natural world.
(c) The power of the monarchy.
(d) The sanctity of the Church.

2. In Rabelais' time, the word "drum" and the act of drumming connoted:
(a) Spiritual awakening.
(b) Sexuality.
(c) Nature.
(d) Death.

3. Which aspect of Renaissance culture does Bakhtin stress is still apparent in Western society today?
(a) Carnival.
(b) Clowns and fools.
(c) Street cries.
(d) Public thrashings.

4. The episode in which Pantagruel and his companions defeat King Anarchus' knights combines:
(a) Human instinct with forethought.
(b) Slaughter with feasting.
(c) Love with hate.
(d) Nature with artifice.

5. Gargamelle gives birth to Gargantua as a result of:
(a) Eating too much tripe.
(b) Praying for a child.
(c) Casting a spell of birth.
(d) A spirit impregnating her.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Bakhtin associates Friar John's beating of the men with:

3. Who is Janotus de Bragmardo?

4. To what does Veselovsky compare Rabelais?

5. In the Prologue of the Third Book, to which contemporary events does Rabelais allude?

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