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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 "folly" as it relates to festivity?
(a) Ambivalent.
(b) Inaccessible.
(c) Pessimistic.
(d) Artistic.

2. The vocabulary of the prologue of _Gargantua_ is:
(a) Loaded with comparatives and superlatives.
(b) Purely abusive and vulgar.
(c) Objective and editorially distant.
(d) Quietly reflective and speculative.

3. What significant thing did translators of Rabelais' work add to their translations?
(a) Editorial remarks in the form of footnotes.
(b) Critical inquiry of the validity of Rabelais' portrayal of marketplace culture.
(c) Lists of street cries common in their own countries.
(d) Lists of games played in their own countries.

4. How does Bakhtin define the episode involving Villon and Tappecoue?
(a) As an epic drama.
(b) As a historical re-enactment.
(c) As a comedic interlude.
(d) As a tragic farce.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the grotesque was revived in the Romantic era, what did it react against?

2. The episode in which Pantagruel and his companions defeat King Anarchus' knights combines:

3. Why does Bakhtin consider oaths, curses, and profanities elements of freedom?

4. Bakhtin defines the early French work "The Play in the Bower" as a:

5. After Rabelais' time, the use of laughter in literature and culture moved in which direction?

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