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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. In which twentieth-century movement was the grotesque especially evident?
(a) Modernism.
(b) Impressionism.
(c) Futurism.
(d) Expressionism.

2. What does the "form" of any kind of art express?
(a) Only one possible message.
(b) Whatever the audience chooses.
(c) A system of values.
(d) The materials from which the art is constructed.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Bakhtin thinks that life is:

2. With what is "folk culture" most concerned?

3. Mikhail Bakhtin is:

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

5. When the grotesque was revived in the Romantic era, what did it react against?

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