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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. According to Bakhtin's semiotic understanding, what irony is inherent within the creative power of language?
(a) All languages are one.
(b) No word can actually ever be defined.
(c) The individual expresses him- or herself only through the words of others.
(d) Language does not actually express anything.

2. Which side of the Renaissance debate about the nature of women and wedlock did Rabelais tend to take?
(a) The Gallic tradition.
(b) The Roman tradition.
(c) The Idealizing tradition.
(d) The English tradition.

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

4. In the Prologue of the Third Book, to which contemporary events does Rabelais allude?
(a) The Norman Invasion.
(b) The defeat of the French and Spanish fleets by Admiral Nelson.
(c) The defense of France against Charles V.
(d) The Black Death.

5. Why was gaming very important in the Renaissance?
(a) Gaming was deemed sinful and was forbidden by the Church.
(b) Games defined the distinction between social classes.
(c) Games represented another form of understanding the cycle of life.
(d) Gaming reinforced the "official" ways of thinking.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Clowns and fools are:

3. How is a "prophetic riddle" game carnivalesque in nature?

4. What is a Renaissance "diablerie"?

5. Bakhtin asserts that the spirit of Carnival is essentially:

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