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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many men in copper spheres are sent into Pantagruel's stomach to dislodge a mountain of ordure in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-three?
(a) Eight.
(b) Seventeen.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

2. Where does Pantagruel send Carpalim in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-one?
(a) Orleans.
(b) Dipsodia.
(c) Amaurots.
(d) Paris.

3. For how long is Gargantua's mother pregnant with Gargantua?
(a) Two years.
(b) Eleven months.
(c) One hundred weeks.
(d) Seventy days.

4. Who insists in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Five that though lending and borrowing is sometimes necessary, it should be used sparingly?
(a) Pantagruel.
(b) Carpalim.
(c) Panurge.
(d) Epistemon.

5. What does Grandgousier give to each pilgrim for their journey in Gargantua: Chapter Forty-three?
(a) Arrows.
(b) A horse.
(c) A sword.
(d) Ten gold coins.

6. Who does Pantagruel assign the castellany of Salmagundi in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Two?
(a) Thaumaste.
(b) Solomon.
(c) Panurge.
(d) Frere Jean.

7. Third Book of Pantagruel: Introduction states that the humanist type of this book was published by whom?
(a) King Anarch.
(b) Braggart.
(c) Frere Jean.
(d) Chretien Wechel of Paris.

8. How many novels are contained in the collection "Gargantua and Pantagruel" by Francois Rabelais?
(a) Three.
(b) Seven.
(c) Eight.
(d) Five.

9. Of whom is it written, "if ever there was such a one in Paris, a felon, a cheat, a tippler, a loafer, a scrounger, but that apart, the nicest young lad in the world"?
(a) Solomon.
(b) Anarch.
(c) Thaumaste.
(d) Panurge.

10. Pantagruel advises Panurge to foretell whether he will have a good or bad marriage from what in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Thirteen?
(a) The clouds.
(b) The works of Homer.
(c) His dreams.
(d) An encyclopedia.

11. In Gargantua: Chapter One, the author writes that Gargantua's lineage was uncovered by whom?
(a) Almyrodes.
(b) Janotus.
(c) Magister Janotus de Bragmardo.
(d) Jean Audeau.

12. Who consults Seraphin Calobarsy to set Gargantua on a better path in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty-one?
(a) Carpalim.
(b) Ponocrates.
(c) Badebec.
(d) Solomon.

13. Who does Pantagruel learn have laid waste to Utopia in Pantagruel: Chapter Fifteen?
(a) The Dipsodes.
(b) The English.
(c) The Amazons.
(d) The Turks.

14. Who insists in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Five that there would be harmony in a world where all men are both debtors and borrowers?
(a) King Anarch.
(b) Jean Audeau.
(c) Gargantua.
(d) Panurge.

15. Who kills many of the enemy when he sees them stealing the grapes that the monastery uses for an entire year of wine in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty-five?
(a) Badebec.
(b) Magister Janotus de Bragmardo.
(c) Frere Jean des Entommeures.
(d) Solomon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Gargantua take as prisoner in Gargantua: Chapter Forty-two?

2. Panurge suggests making the decision of whether or not to marry in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Eleven by doing what?

3. What man with a Germanic tongue does Pantagruel meet in Pantagruel: Chapter Nine?

4. Who becomes stuck in a tree as he encourages the men to have courage in Gargantua: Chapter Forty?

5. Pantagruel: Dixain was written by whom?

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