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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, Chapter 6 - Images of the Material Bodily Lower Stratum.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bakhtin defines Rabelais' giants as:
(a) Debased clowns.
(b) Subhuman creatures.
(c) Grotesque figures.
(d) Divine images.

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

3. Bakhtin asserts that Rabelais' grotesque conception of the body reflected:
(a) The Renaissance re-envisioning of the cosmos.
(b) The Classical philosophy of Epicureanism.
(c) The Calvinist idea of predestination and grace.
(d) The Medieval doctrine of natural hierarchy.

4. Bakhtin asserts that in the episode of Gargantua's birth, the dividing lines between _______ are erased.
(a) Children and adults.
(b) Earthly and divine spiritual relationships.
(c) Human and animal consciousness.
(d) Human and animal organs.

5. How does Rabelais accomplish the grotesque degradation of his target in the prologue to the Third Book?
(a) By insulting the targets' mothers.
(b) By declaring the targets incapable of the basest bodily functions.
(c) By accusing the targets of paganism and crimes against the Church.
(d) By declaring the targets to be empty-headed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why, according to Bakhtin, does Rabelais treat excrement ambivalently?

2. What do wine and oil symbolize in Rabelais' novel?

3. "Tripe" literally refers to:

4. What does the "form" of any kind of art express?

5. How are Bakhtin and Rabelais similar?

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