What best describes Rabelais' message?
A) The enjoyment of mockery and fabliaux
B) The dislike of pretense, deception, and the ascetic ideal, while demonstrating appreciation of natural instincts and humanism in its most robust form
C) Rabelais was an adherent to epicurean philosophy of pleasure not pain and this can be viewed in all of his works.
D) Rabelais was as pious as any pope at the time and demonstrated his adoration for God and love in each work.
E) None of these
B
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a. A balanced political order was based on a contract between subjects and government. b. All of the answers are correct. c. Citizens must voluntarily give up some of their autonomy to a government. d. Only propertied males should be able to take an active part in government. e. Governments should have both an executive and legislative body.
Freedmen refused to accept or acquiesce to the segregation of
A) churches. B) schools. C) railroad cars. D) All of the above.
Because many poorer city people got involved in "victimless" crime, including gambling and prostitution, they often turned for help to:
a. their religious leader b. a local attorney, because lawyers could make a living representing the poor c. the machine's precinct captain, who could help them in court d. reformers
Initially, the Temperance Movement sought to
A) ?ban slavery. B) ?restrict immigration to the United States. C) ?convince people to reduce their consumption of alcohol. D) ?gain the right to vote for women. E) ?encourage church attendance.