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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Chapter 2, Language of the Marketplace Cont..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are Bakhtin and Rabelais similar?
(a) They both subvert the social prohibition on laughter, satire, and irony.
(b) They live in the same country.
(c) They both directly challenge the government by running for political office.
(d) They both write mostly novels.

2. How did the French Romanticists respond to Rabelais' works?
(a) They ignored Rabelais completely.
(b) With complete understanding of Medieval and Renaissance culture.
(c) With an appreciation of, and interest in, the grotesque.
(d) With disgust and negative criticism.

3. What does Bakhtin argue is the role of dialogue?
(a) To demonstrate thinking out loud.
(b) To oppose the authoritarian word.
(c) To move the plot along.
(d) To give one character a strong voice.

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

5. Mikhail Bakhtin is:
(a) A fictional figure created to be the mouthpiece of an anonymous author.
(b) A somewhat mysterious but increasingly interesting literary figure.
(c) The most famous Russian writer ever.
(d) A vocal Eastern Orthodox cleric.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the folklore and grotesque realism of Rabelais' works, excrement represents bodies and matter that are:

2. Which answer best describes "grotesque realism"?

3. How are abusive and praiseful words reflective of grotesque realism?

4. "Tripe" literally refers to:

5. Rabelais expresses the debasement of suffering and fear by associating them with:

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