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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Chapter 2 - The Language of the Marketplace.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the "feast of fools" and the "feast of the ass," laughter:
(a) Was forbidden everywhere but the marketplace.
(b) Was forbidden because of the sacredness of the festival.
(c) Was regulated by the town fools and farmers.
(d) Was encouraged even in church.

2. Medieval parodies were:
(a) Focused on the negative aspects of society.
(b) Limited to religious parody.
(c) Concerned with the positive, humorous aspects of everything.
(d) Limited to parody of individuals.

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

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

5. To what does Veselovsky compare Rabelais?
(a) An elderly scholar.
(b) A pious priest.
(c) A village boy.
(d) An ironfisted dictator.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do oaths and curses have in common with town announcements and the calls of vendors?

2. Which answer best describes "grotesque realism"?

3. Did the "unofficial" and "official" forms of speech ever coincide?

4. In the seventeenth century, the decline of laughter as a primary force in folk culture resulted from:

5. How did the French Romanticists respond to Rabelais' works?

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