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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, Chapter 5 - The Grotesque Image of the Body Concludes and Chapter 6 - Images of the Material Bodily Lower Stratum.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Bakhtin, what is the function of art?
(a) To communicate meaningful messages.
(b) To be beautiful in and of itself.
(c) To be sold for money or services.
(d) To glorify the artist.

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

3. What in particular forms the basic elements of Rabelais' novel _Gargantua_?
(a) Historical allusions.
(b) Classical myths.
(c) Predictions of the future.
(d) Autobiographical observations of Rabelais' own life.

4. Curses in Renaissance folk culture tended to focus most closely upon the victim's:
(a) Family.
(b) Body.
(c) Spirit.
(d) Mind.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the targets of the abusive language in Rabelais' prologue to the Third Book?

2. In Rabelais' time, why was the meaning of debasement often ambivalent?

3. "The Treatise of Garcia of Toledo," which Bakhtin cites, is notable for:

4. How did Rabelais obtain the material for his writings?

5. Bakhtin asserts that the advertisement for "pantagruelion" in the Third Book expresses:

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