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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. To what does Bakhtin compare the various cries of Paris?
(a) A roaring storm.
(b) A crowded kitchen.
(c) A sobbing child.
(d) A howling wolf.

2. What do some critics argue has been absent from Russian literature?
(a) Religious fervor.
(b) A particularly Western type of humor.
(c) Political dissent.
(d) Sexually-charged dialogue.

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

4. Bakhtin asserts that beatings, death, feasting, and merrymaking are all integral parts of:
(a) The Renaissance notion that all which is already established is perfect.
(b) The methods of marketplace vendors in overpricing their goods.
(c) The Renaissance system of images that is perpetually regenerative and never decaying.
(d) Rabelais' view of the proper treatment of foreigners and peasants.

5. What are the "Catchpoles" of which Rabelais writes?
(a) Materials used to build large meeting-houses.
(b) Animals sent into the wild as sacrifices.
(c) Vegetables which require being strung to a pole in order to grow.
(d) People who earn money by allowing others to beat them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rabelais' description of Alcibiades reflects:

2. Which aspect of Renaissance culture does Bakhtin stress is still apparent in Western society today?

3. What do Rabelais' various works indicate about the popular notion of urination?

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

5. What does young Gargantua study in order to become acquainted with the common folk?

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