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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Chapter 2 - Language of the Marketplace Cont..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bakhtin find to be the greatest error other critics make in their studies of Rabelais' works?
(a) They read Rabelais' works as allegory only.
(b) They neglect to explore the element of the Renaissance folk culture.
(c) They classify Rabelais as just as important as Shakespeare and Cervantes.
(d) They treat Rabelais as a prophet of literary upheavals.

2. Rabelais' description of Alcibiades reflects:
(a) The image of Rabelais himself.
(b) The abuse/praise dynamics of the marketplace.
(c) The idea that ancient philosophies were incorrect.
(d) The good/evil dichotomy of mankind.

3. In the folklore and grotesque realism of Rabelais' works, excrement represents bodies and matter that are:
(a) Mostly comic.
(b) Frightening and terrible.
(c) Generally revered.
(d) One with the earth.

4. What do some critics argue has been absent from Russian literature?
(a) Sexually-charged dialogue.
(b) Political dissent.
(c) A particularly Western type of humor.
(d) Religious fervor.

5. The core images of the prologue of _Gargantua_ are:
(a) Scenes of violence.
(b) Scenes of eating and drinking.
(c) Scenes of pious worship.
(d) Scenes of travel and journeys.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What style does Bakhtin find the prologue of _Pantagruel_ to be written in?

3. After Rabelais' time, the use of laughter in literature and culture moved in which direction?

4. Bakhtin thinks that life is:

5. The purpose of "travesty" in folk festivals was to:

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