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

2. Why, according to Bakhtin, is Rabelais' parody of the Church not considered heresy?
(a) The Church received an annual tribute from Rabelais, so it overlooked his parodies.
(b) Rabelais maintains a comic style, so no one could mistake him for being serious.
(c) Rabelais follows every criticism with heartfelt praise.
(d) The clergy paid no attention to Rabelais' works.

3. Which answer best describes "grotesque realism"?
(a) The author's focus must be on bodily gore, blood, death, and dying.
(b) The writing must strive to be as mathematically or geometrically accurate as possible in its descriptions.
(c) The tone of the writing is always dark, Gothic, and depressing.
(d) The bodily element is universal, celebratory, positive, and exaggerated.

4. The defense of the abbey by Friar John contains:
(a) A grotesque combination of sexual intercourse and war.
(b) A caricature of the Pope.
(c) A debasing description of the French people.
(d) A travestied allusion to Communion.

5. Rabelais expresses the debasement of suffering and fear by associating them with:
(a) Religious fervor.
(b) Defecation.
(c) Sexual intercourse.
(d) Hunger.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bakhtin define the episode involving Villon and Tappecoue?

2. The core images of the prologue of _Gargantua_ are:

3. In Rabelais' novel, the "ancestral body" to which Bakhtin refers means:

4. What in Rabelais' novel is a travesty of Gospel miracles?

5. Which aspect of Renaissance culture does Bakhtin stress is still apparent in Western society today?

(see the answer key)

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