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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Chapter 2 - Language of the Marketplace Cont..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Tripe" literally refers to:
(a) A type of songbird.
(b) The stomach and bowels of cattle.
(c) A type of freshwater fish.
(d) The main blood vessel in the brain of a human.

2. What was unique about the Russian Revolution?
(a) It was purely a religious revolt.
(b) People of all classes and occupations were centrally involved.
(c) It continues into the present day.
(d) Only the elite class was involved.

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

4. Clowns and fools are:
(a) Prisoners forced to entertain others.
(b) Everyday representatives of the folk and of Carnival.
(c) Present only at large fairs or gatherings.
(d) Restricted to entertaining the royal court.

5. Comic rituals in Medieval and Renaissance Europe were:
(a) Freed of the trappings of religious dogma and mysticism.
(b) Necessary to mercantile transactions.
(c) Taboo in all settings but the royal court.
(d) All that which linked the living to the dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Bakhtin, what is the function of art?

2. Carnival allowed:

3. What do some critics argue has been absent from Russian literature?

4. To what does Veselovsky compare Rabelais?

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

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