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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Panurge stand by the galley with to prevent the shepherds from saving themselves in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Eight?
(a) A gun.
(b) A broom.
(c) An oar.
(d) A sword.

2. Who examines cases by rolling dice in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Thirty-eight?
(a) Epistemon.
(b) Bridoye.
(c) Thaumaste.
(d) Panurge.

3. Panurge and his compatriots discuss the fact that women desire what in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Thirty-four?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) Great warriors.
(c) God-like men.
(d) Forbidden things.

4. In Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Forty-four, Pantagruel tells a curious story about perplexity of what?
(a) International government.
(b) Human judgments.
(c) Women.
(d) War.

5. What does Pantagruel cast on deck but not allow his men to preserve in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Fifty-five?
(a) A cat.
(b) Gullet-words.
(c) A shark.
(d) A lamb.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Quaremeprenant reign in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-nine?

2. The individual Pantagruel suggests Panurge seek the advice of in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Nineteen is what?

3. At what island does Pantagruel's ship stop in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Two?

4. In Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapters Sixty-one and Sixty-two, Gaster describes how he invented the art of remaining untouched and unwounded by what when attacked by enemies?

5. Who fails to satisfactorily advise Panurge whether or not to marry in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapters Thirty-five and Thirty-six?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the inhabitants of Ruach ingest? What conversation does Pantagruel have with their king?

2. What do the tribe of Procureers and Chicanous do for a living? What story does Panurge relate of them?

3. What do Pantagruel and his men find on the Island of Papefigues?

4. Who does Panurge buy a sheep from in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Six? What incident follows?

5. When was the Fourth Book of Pantagruel written? What introductions precede it?

6. Where does Pantagruel travel in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapters Seven through Ten?

7. Who is the character of Catty-Claws? What riddle does he ask?

8. When was the Fifth Book of Pantagruel published? What is said about it in the Introductions and Prologue?

9. Where does Pantagruel land in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Thirty-five? What does he see there?

10. What do Pantagruel and his men hear at sea in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Fifty-five? What becomes of the sound?

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