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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 sobbing child.
(b) A howling wolf.
(c) A roaring storm.
(d) A crowded kitchen.

2. What was unique about the Russian Revolution?
(a) It was purely a religious revolt.
(b) It continues into the present day.
(c) Only the elite class was involved.
(d) People of all classes and occupations were centrally involved.

3. What repressive organization was Bakhtin forced to join in order to continue writing?
(a) The Russian Union of Writers.
(b) The Post-Revolution Press
(c) The National Writers' Agency.
(d) The Soviet Society of National Fiction.

4. Bakhtin notes that two of the most commonly combined themes in Medieval popular literature relating to monks are:
(a) Envy and greed.
(b) Piety and cruelty.
(c) Gluttony and desire.
(d) Sex and death.

5. How does Bakhtin interpret Rabelais' term "agelast"?
(a) It is an elderly person whose grouchy moods isolate him/her.
(b) It is a person who delights in causing pain to others.
(c) It is a person who is hostile to laughter or who does not know how to laugh.
(d) It is the person who brings up the rear of the great Carnival parade.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are Rabelais' billingsgate elements considered "coarse and cynical" by most scholars?

2. What do some critics argue has been absent from Russian literature?

3. Which grotesque elements does Bakhtin note were included in the procession of the feast of Corpus Christi?

4. From which Catholic ritual does Panurge profit in _Pantagruel_?

5. Clowns and fools are:

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