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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16, Chapter 7 - Rabelais' Images & His Time.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. In Medieval satires, the dismemberment of portions of the body relates to:
(a) The topography of the continents.
(b) The separate portions of society.
(c) The human body itself.
(d) The general conception of the divine.

3. Why, according to Bakhtin, does Rabelais treat excrement ambivalently?
(a) Because it is evidence of humankind's presence on the earth.
(b) Because it is intermediate between earth and body.
(c) Because it exclusively connotes badness or evil.
(d) Because its purpose was a mystery in the Renaissance.

4. Bakhtin asserts that man introduces the world to himself primarily through which act?
(a) Eating.
(b) Sexual intercourse.
(c) Observing nature.
(d) Conversation.

5. According to Bakhtin, what is directly related to the oversized foods common at Renaissance feasts?
(a) Bodily restraint as a result of mind over matter.
(b) Grotesque portrayals of the stomach, mouth, and genitals.
(c) The general health of a town's population.
(d) The swelling of religious fervor during holy days.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rabelais expresses the debasement of suffering and fear by associating them with:

2. Why, according to Bakhtin, is Rabelais' parody of the Church not considered heresy?

3. What episode does Bakhtin cite as exemplifying the image of the gaping mouth prevalent in Rabelais' novel?

4. What does Rabelais parody in his response to the episode of Gargantua's birth?

5. Bakhtin considers "thrashing" ambivalent, rather than strictly negative, because:

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