Rabelais and His World Quiz

This Study Guide consists of approximately 33 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Rabelais and His World.

Rabelais and His World Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What common fifteenth- and sixteenth-century literary device does Bakhtin identify in the Prologue to the Third Book? (from Chapter 6, Chapter 2 - Language of the Marketplace Cont.)

2.

In Rabelais' time, jurons, or profanities and oaths, were most often concerned with: (from Chapter 7, Chapter 2, Language of the Marketplace Cont.)

3.

According to Bakhtin, how did Rabelais invent many of the locales and characters in his novel? (from Chapter 16, Chapter 7 - Rabelais' Images & His Time)

4.

To what are "swabs" most closely related? (from Chapter 15, Chapter 6 - Images of the Material Bodily Lower Stratum)

5.

Which grotesque elements does Bakhtin note were included in the procession of the feast of Corpus Christi? (from Chapter 9, Chapter 3 - Popular-Festive Forms)

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