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

2. Why did Hippocrates assert such an influence on Rabelais?
(a) The theme of the grotesque body in his works.
(b) Hippocrates' exclusive emphasis on folk culture.
(c) All his works were set in the marketplace.
(d) The theme of religious fervor in his works.

3. What are the "intelligentsia"?
(a) A group of exclusively male scholars.
(b) An elite spy organization.
(c) The bits of knowledge all people accumulate over their lifetimes.
(d) A group which provides an interpretation of the world.

4. Comic rituals in Medieval and Renaissance Europe were:
(a) All that which linked the living to the dead.
(b) Freed of the trappings of religious dogma and mysticism.
(c) Taboo in all settings but the royal court.
(d) Necessary to mercantile transactions.

5. What did the word "pantagruel" colloquially mean in the Renaissance?
(a) Articles of clothing, made of harsh cloth, that cover the legs.
(b) Hoarseness caused by drinking too much.
(c) A type of thin porridge eaten exclusively by the very poor.
(d) Foolish behavior caused by listening to fables.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was unique about the Russian Revolution?

2. In Medieval satires, the dismemberment of portions of the body relates to:

3. Bakhtin asserts that "The Play in the Bower" influenced Rabelais' work specifically in its:

4. How does Bakhtin define the episode involving Villon and Tappecoue?

5. According to Schneegans, what is the grotesque in art?

(see the answer key)

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