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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. Rabelais' description of Alcibiades reflects:
(a) The image of Rabelais himself.
(b) The abuse/praise dynamics of the marketplace.
(c) The idea that ancient philosophies were incorrect.
(d) The good/evil dichotomy of mankind.

2. During Bakhtin's time, what genre was being closely defined by the Soviet government?
(a) The novel.
(b) The epic poem.
(c) The lyric.
(d) The biography.

3. Clowns and fools are:
(a) Prisoners forced to entertain others.
(b) Everyday representatives of the folk and of Carnival.
(c) Present only at large fairs or gatherings.
(d) Restricted to entertaining the royal court.

4. The figure of the Physician in the Fourth Book is closely connected with:
(a) Death and birth.
(b) Thought and spirit.
(c) Heresy.
(d) Alchemy.

5. When the grotesque was revived in the Romantic era, what did it react against?
(a) Neoclassical, rational, Enlightenment thought.
(b) The rediscovered works of Shakespeare and Cervantes.
(c) Individual, sentimental ideas.
(d) Imaginative fantasy.

Short Answer Questions

1. The core images of the prologue of _Gargantua_ are:

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

3. What are the "intelligentsia"?

4. Why did Bakhtin feel his times were comparable to those of the Renaissance?

5. Rabelais expresses the debasement of suffering and fear by associating them with:

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