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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) Female genitalia.
(b) Arms of strong warriors.
(c) Bull horns.
(d) Monks' robes.

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

3. According to Schneegans, what is the grotesque in art?
(a) A representation of an otherworldly object.
(b) A caricature that has reached exaggerated dimensions.
(c) A spoken-word performance involving violent acts.
(d) A portrait that has been defaced.

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

5. How does Bakhtin interpret the relevance of the cries of Paris to Renaissance France?
(a) The cries combine the reality of practical life with festive utopian universalism.
(b) The cries negate the revitalization of the marketplace.
(c) The cries were the people's only method of exchanging ideas.
(d) The cries suggest a deep discontent in the Parisian populace.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the figure of the king treated in Rabelais' writing?

2. According to Bakhtin's semiotic understanding, what irony is inherent within the creative power of language?

3. How does the Lord of Basche contrive to bring Catchpoles to his castle?

4. When the grotesque was revived in the Romantic era, what did it react against?

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

(see the answer key)

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