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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. Why does Bakhtin cite Goethe as a source about the nature of Carnival?
(a) Goethe was passionately interested in the festivity.
(b) Goethe's negative views about the common people provide a counterpoint to Bakhtin's views.
(c) Goethe and Rabelais were contemporaries and corresponded with each other regularly.
(d) Goethe was the official organizer of Carnival in Frankfurt.

2. 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.

3. Why, according to Bakhtin, is Rabelais' parody of the Church not considered heresy?
(a) Rabelais maintains a comic style, so no one could mistake him for being serious.
(b) Rabelais follows every criticism with heartfelt praise.
(c) The Church received an annual tribute from Rabelais, so it overlooked his parodies.
(d) The clergy paid no attention to Rabelais' works.

4. Goethe traces the roots of Carnival to the:
(a) Romans.
(b) Greeks.
(c) Phoenicians.
(d) Mesopotamians.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What event that Rabelais relates does he assert is the origin of the name of the city of Paris?

3. What was unique about the Russian Revolution?

4. What significant thing did translators of Rabelais' work add to their translations?

5. What repressive organization was Bakhtin forced to join in order to continue writing?

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