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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. In Rabelais' time, the word "drum" and the act of drumming connoted:
(a) Nature.
(b) Death.
(c) Spiritual awakening.
(d) Sexuality.

2. What are the targets of the abusive language in Rabelais' prologue to the Third Book?
(a) Foreign travelers who have offended the traditions of Carnival.
(b) Members of the aristocracy whose political ideals are not in keeping with Rabelais' ideals.
(c) Representatives of old, hypocritical, serious Medieval philosophy.
(d) Average townsfolk who have imbibed too much wine.

3. Did the "unofficial" and "official" forms of speech ever coincide?
(a) No, both forms of speech were highly regulated.
(b) Yes, except for religious holidays.
(c) No, except during times of war.
(d) Yes, especially during festivals.

4. What were "street cries"?
(a) The sobs of orphans who live on the street.
(b) The calls of the city bellringer telling the time.
(c) The shouted, versified advertisements of market vendors.
(d) The warnings people yell when they throw the contents of their chamber pot out the window.

5. Why does Gargantua steal the bells of the Notre Dame cathedral?
(a) To celebrate his marriage.
(b) To decorate the harness of his horse.
(c) To sound the alarm for an impending invasion.
(d) To frighten the townsfolk of Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bakhtin define the novel?

2. What happened to Rabelais after his novel was published?

3. From which Catholic ritual does Panurge profit in _Pantagruel_?

4. Why did Renaissance humanists attempt to suppress oaths and profanities?

5. Rabelais' description of Alcibiades reflects:

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