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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. Bakhtin asserts that beatings, death, feasting, and merrymaking are all integral parts of:
(a) The Renaissance system of images that is perpetually regenerative and never decaying.
(b) Rabelais' view of the proper treatment of foreigners and peasants.
(c) The methods of marketplace vendors in overpricing their goods.
(d) The Renaissance notion that all which is already established is perfect.

2. What are the "intelligentsia"?
(a) A group which provides an interpretation of the world.
(b) An elite spy organization.
(c) A group of exclusively male scholars.
(d) The bits of knowledge all people accumulate over their lifetimes.

3. Bakhtin associates Friar John's beating of the men with:
(a) Juvenalian satires of public figures.
(b) Market vendors who assault non-paying customers.
(c) The Dionysian feast of the grape harvest.
(d) The last charge of Charlemagne.

4. Why was Rabelais linked so closely to the Lyon fairs?
(a) The organizers of the fairs in Lyon banned Rabelais from attending them.
(b) Lyon fairs represented one of the largest markets for publishing.
(c) Rabelais was a performing clown for several years in these fairs.
(d) Rabelais was a chief organizer of these fairs.

5. What do oaths and curses have in common with town announcements and the calls of vendors?
(a) They are the only socially acceptable methods of greeting strangers.
(b) They all are familiar parts of the society of the marketplace.
(c) They all are forbidden during certain times of the year.
(d) They are all said with the same feelings in mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Bakhtin, Carnival was the true symbol and incarnation of:

2. At the beginning of Chapter 6, Bakhtin argues that Rabelais' entire novel exhibits a clear, general __________ thematic trend.

3. What actual event probably inspired Rabelais' story of Pantagruel's birth?

4. How does Bakhtin interpret the relevance of the cries of Paris to Renaissance France?

5. What do wine and oil symbolize in Rabelais' novel?

(see the answer key)

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