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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Intro. cont. & Chapter 1 - Rabelais in the History of Laughter.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. With what is "folk culture" most concerned?
(a) The lives of ordinary people.
(b) The affairs of royalty.
(c) Foreign songs, art, and stories.
(d) Commerce and industry.

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

4. Why did Bakhtin feel his times were comparable to those of the Renaissance?
(a) Two political leaders of the different eras were incredibly alike.
(b) Both eras were times of broad social change that left people unsure of how to proceed.
(c) The specific threat of disease was killing many people in both times.
(d) The literatures and cultures of both eras bore a distinct resemblance.

5. When did the Russian Revolution occur?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1850.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1945.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Mikhail Bakhtin is:

3. After Rabelais' time, the use of laughter in literature and culture moved in which direction?

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

5. What does Bakhtin argue is the role of dialogue?

(see the answer key)

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