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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gargantua's mother eat a lot of during her pregnancy in Gargantua: Chapter Four?
(a) Croissants.
(b) Cheese.
(c) Hog jowels.
(d) Tripe.

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

3. What is the name of Pantagruel's father?
(a) Gargantua.
(b) Rabelais.
(c) Badebec.
(d) Cepola.

4. Pantagruel: Dixain was written by whom?
(a) Almyrodes.
(b) Francois Rabelais.
(c) Ulysses.
(d) Maitre Hughes Salel.

5. In Pantagruel: Prologue, the author compared the novel to what literary genre?
(a) Medieval fairy tales.
(b) Non-fiction.
(c) Medieval war tales.
(d) Medieval romances.

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

7. Third Book of Pantagruel: Introduction states that the humanist type of this book was published in what year?
(a) 1532.
(b) 1546.
(c) 1517.
(d) 1533.

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

9. In Gargantua: Chapter One, the author writes that Gargantua's lineage was uncovered in a meadow near what?
(a) Arcea-Galeau.
(b) Paris.
(c) Poitiers.
(d) Orleans.

10. In Gargantua: Chapter Thirty-one, le Comte Spandassaino and Captain Squirt use what to convince Picrochole to attack the cities and fortresses of Utopia?
(a) Conviction.
(b) Flattery.
(c) Lies.
(d) Passion.

11. Where does Pantagruel's army march to take the entire kingdom by force in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-one?
(a) Paris.
(b) The Isle of Ennasin.
(c) Dipsodia.
(d) Amaurots.

12. What does the name Pantagruel mean?
(a) Giant man.
(b) All love.
(c) All thirst.
(d) Cruel leader.

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

14. What does Panurge cease to wear in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Seven?
(a) His crown.
(b) His codpiece.
(c) His armor.
(d) His helmet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many generations of Pantagruel's genealogy are described in Pantagruel: Chapter One?

2. What does Gargantua attempt to devote himself to in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty?

3. How many knights approach Pantagruel's vessel in Pantagruel: Chapter Sixteen?

4. Who among Pantagruel's men has his neck slit in Pantagruel: Chapter Nineteen?

5. What English scholar comes to visit Pantagruel in Pantagruel: Chapter Thirteen?

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