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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, Chapter 3 - Popular - Festive Forms.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Bakhtin define the combination of human and animal organs in Rabelais' novel?
(a) "Otherworldly."
(b) "Horrifying."
(c) "Grotesque."
(d) "Scientific."

2. Which grotesque elements does Bakhtin note were included in the procession of the feast of Corpus Christi?
(a) Children dressed as animals.
(b) Representations of the sun, moon, and stars.
(c) Monsters, giants, and indecent gestures.
(d) Self-flagellating monks.

3. What is the theme of "cuckoldry"?
(a) The portion of the feast in which all the fowl are consumed.
(b) The rejection of an old husband and the crowning of a new husband.
(c) The act of voting a new mayor and chasing the old one out of town.
(d) The introduction of one rooster into a rowdy henhouse.

4. The prologue of _Pantagruel_ is a parody and travesty of:
(a) The pomp and circumstance of the aristocracy.
(b) The fables of ancient Greece.
(c) The ecclesiastical persuasiveness of the Church.
(d) The ignorance of the peasantry.

5. "Tripe" literally refers to:
(a) The main blood vessel in the brain of a human.
(b) The stomach and bowels of cattle.
(c) A type of freshwater fish.
(d) A type of songbird.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The vocabulary of the prologue of _Gargantua_ is:

3. Bakhtin asserts that "The Play in the Bower" influenced Rabelais' work specifically in its:

4. During Bakhtin's time, what genre was being closely defined by the Soviet government?

5. In Rabelais' works, some causes of diseases associated with the material body lower stratum are:

(see the answer key)

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