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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. In which twentieth-century movement was the grotesque especially evident?
(a) Futurism.
(b) Impressionism.
(c) Expressionism.
(d) Modernism.

2. According to Bakhtin, how did Rabelais invent many of the locales and characters in his novel?
(a) He traveled much and met many people.
(b) He rewrote stories from his childhood.
(c) He wrote many letters asking friends for ideas.
(d) He abused drugs and wrote down his hallucinations.

3. What does young Gargantua study in order to become acquainted with the common folk?
(a) Physically demanding activities.
(b) The way young people are educated.
(c) Herbs and medicines.
(d) Interactions between men and women.

4. The principle of "negation" in popular-festive imagery is always:
(a) Abstract and theoretical: imaginary rather than actualized.
(b) Vulgar and dirty: always having to do with the material body lower stratum.
(c) Spiritual and sacred: following the doctrines of the Catholic Church.
(d) Tangible and obvious: one thing turned about for another.

5. Bakhtin asserts that the spirit of Carnival is essentially:
(a) One of innocence and confusion.
(b) One of dullness and duty.
(c) One of pessimism and regression.
(d) One of immortality and regeneration.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the seventeenth century, the decline of laughter as a primary force in folk culture resulted from:

2. Bakhtin associates Friar John's beating of the men with:

3. The prologue of _Pantagruel_ is a parody and travesty of:

4. What does Rabelais associate closely with the underworld?

5. The vocabulary of the prologue of _Gargantua_ is:

(see the answer key)

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