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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. From what does Panurge suggest the protective walls of Paris be built?
(a) Bull horns.
(b) Female genitalia.
(c) Arms of strong warriors.
(d) Monks' robes.

2. How does the Lord of Basche contrive to bring Catchpoles to his castle?
(a) By offering people absolution from their sins.
(b) By celebrating Mass.
(c) By celebrating mock weddings.
(d) By giving away his possessions.

3. What style does Bakhtin find the prologue of _Pantagruel_ to be written in?
(a) It is innocent and childlike.
(b) It is dark and foreboding.
(c) It is ironic and maliciously exaggerated.
(d) It is rhetorical and persuasive.

4. What is a Renaissance "diablerie"?
(a) A type of behavior manual that purports to stop devilish behavior.
(b) A portion of Carnival in which actors dress up as devils.
(c) A curse one shouts at another, meaning, "To the devil with you!"
(d) A series of prayers one says to beg forgiveness for misbehavior.

5. How did Rabelais obtain the material for his writings?
(a) By receiving a divine revelation.
(b) By attending many fairs and festivals and observing all the people there.
(c) By interviewing thousands of market vendors.
(d) By studying manuscripts for long hours in monasteries.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are examples of carnivalesque victims?

2. What are examples of that which Bakhtin calls "cosmic terrors"?

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

4. Comic rituals in Medieval and Renaissance Europe were:

5. Why did Bakhtin feel his times were comparable to those of the Renaissance?

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