1. What does Bakhtin find to be the greatest error other critics make in their studies of Rabelais' works?
(a) They classify Rabelais as just as important as Shakespeare and Cervantes.
(b) They neglect to explore the element of the Renaissance folk culture.
(c) They treat Rabelais as a prophet of literary upheavals.
(d) They read Rabelais' works as allegory only.

2. Bakhtin asserts that the spirit of Carnival is essentially:
(a) One of pessimism and regression.
(b) One of immortality and regeneration.
(c) One of dullness and duty.
(d) One of innocence and confusion.

3. Why does Bakhtin consider oaths, curses, and profanities elements of freedom?
(a) Populist uprisings often have profanities and oaths in their declarations.
(b) Slaves are prohibited from using such forms of speech.
(c) They are contrary to official modes of speech.
(d) A person can form any sound into a curse or profanity.

4. How does Friar John interpret the riddle he and Gargantua hear?
(a) As an indication of his own increasing wealth.
(b) As a promise of Armageddon and the return of Christ.
(c) As a promise of winter floods and summer drought.
(d) As a representation of a tennis match.

5. What is a "marketplace spectacle"?
(a) A theatrical production arranged atop a platform in the center of the marketplace.
(b) The mundane goings-on of a typical French Renaissance marketplace.
(c) Specifically the public whipping of a criminal in the center of the marketplace.
(d) A series of booths dedicated solely to bilking customers out of their money.