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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. 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) Rabelais' view of the proper treatment of foreigners and peasants.
(c) The methods of marketplace vendors in overpricing their goods.
(d) The Renaissance notion that all which is already established is perfect.

2. Bakhtin asserts that in Rabelais' time, food and banquets always contained a sense of:
(a) Physical discomfort.
(b) Intellectual stimulation.
(c) Depression and resignation.
(d) Victory and regeneration.

3. In the Prologue of the Third Book, to which contemporary events does Rabelais allude?
(a) The defense of France against Charles V.
(b) The Black Death.
(c) The defeat of the French and Spanish fleets by Admiral Nelson.
(d) The Norman Invasion.

4. Why does Bakhtin consider oaths, curses, and profanities elements of freedom?
(a) Populist uprisings often have profanities and oaths in their declarations.
(b) Slaves are prohibited from using such forms of speech.
(c) They are contrary to official modes of speech.
(d) A person can form any sound into a curse or profanity.

5. How does Rabelais accomplish the grotesque degradation of his target in the prologue to the Third Book?
(a) By declaring the targets to be empty-headed.
(b) By declaring the targets incapable of the basest bodily functions.
(c) By accusing the targets of paganism and crimes against the Church.
(d) By insulting the targets' mothers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What common fifteenth- and sixteenth-century literary device does Bakhtin identify in the Prologue to the Third Book?

2. In Medieval satires, the dismemberment of portions of the body relates to:

3. What type of work did Rabelais often publish, especially for the fairs?

4. What happened to Rabelais after his novel was published?

5. How is the Rabelaisian use of tripe an excellent example of grotesque realism?

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