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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. What does young Gargantua study in order to become acquainted with the common folk?
(a) Interactions between men and women.
(b) Physically demanding activities.
(c) Herbs and medicines.
(d) The way young people are educated.

2. In the Fourth Book, why does Villon set a trap for Tappecoue (or "Ticklepecker")?
(a) Tappecoue refused to lend Villon vestments for his play.
(b) Tappecoue insulted Villon's family.
(c) Tappecoue refused to lie to the king about Villon's sacrilege.
(d) Tappecoue stole a large sum of money from Villon.

3. According to Bakhtin, what is directly related to the oversized foods common at Renaissance feasts?
(a) Bodily restraint as a result of mind over matter.
(b) Grotesque portrayals of the stomach, mouth, and genitals.
(c) The swelling of religious fervor during holy days.
(d) The general health of a town's population.

4. What work of literature is parodied in the prologue of _Gargantua_?
(a) Plato's _Symposium_
(b) Malory's _Le Morte d'Arthur_
(c) Chaucer's _Canterbury Tales_
(d) Dante's _Divine Comedy_

5. What do oaths and curses have in common with town announcements and the calls of vendors?
(a) They are all said with the same feelings in mind.
(b) They are the only socially acceptable methods of greeting strangers.
(c) They all are forbidden during certain times of the year.
(d) They all are familiar parts of the society of the marketplace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Rabelais after his novel was published?

2. To what does Bakhtin compare the various cries of Paris?

3. What does Bakhtin consider the most indispensable element of folk culture?

4. Bakhtin asserts that Rabelais' grotesque conception of the body reflected:

5. Why, according to Bakhtin, is Rabelais' parody of the Church not considered heresy?

(see the answer key)

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