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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Chapter 2 - Language of the Marketplace Cont..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the "feast of fools" and the "feast of the ass," laughter:
(a) Was regulated by the town fools and farmers.
(b) Was forbidden because of the sacredness of the festival.
(c) Was forbidden everywhere but the marketplace.
(d) Was encouraged even in church.

2. Bakhtin thinks that life is:
(a) Meaningless and futile.
(b) Organized by human acts of behavior and cognition.
(c) A sacrifice the soul makes to the body.
(d) Inert, chaotic, and requiring the intervention of art.

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

4. Did the "unofficial" and "official" forms of speech ever coincide?
(a) No, both forms of speech were highly regulated.
(b) Yes, except for religious holidays.
(c) No, except during times of war.
(d) Yes, especially during festivals.

5. According to Bakhtin, what is the function of art?
(a) To be beautiful in and of itself.
(b) To glorify the artist.
(c) To communicate meaningful messages.
(d) To be sold for money or services.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Bakhtin's semiotic understanding, what irony is inherent within the creative power of language?

2. What is "man's second nature," according to Renaissance Christian doctrine?

3. How are abusive and praiseful words reflective of grotesque realism?

4. The purpose of "travesty" in folk festivals was to:

5. In the seventeenth century, the decline of laughter as a primary force in folk culture resulted from:

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