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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. To what king does Pantagruel send the prisoner in Pantagruel: Chapter Eighteen?
(a) King Bodum.
(b) King Fasil.
(c) King Anarch.
(d) King Blaine.

3. Whose defeat does Carpalim announce to the city in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-one?
(a) Epistemon's
(b) Janotus'.
(c) King Anarch's.
(d) Solomon's.

4. What gives permission to the king to print and sell Rabelais' book as written in Third Book of Pantagruel: Introduction?
(a) The King's Privilege.
(b) The King's Greed.
(c) The Royal Prerogative.
(d) The King's Power.

5. It is written in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty-two that Gargantua spent rainy days attending what?
(a) Public lectures.
(b) Church.
(c) Art museums.
(d) The theatre.

6. Who asks why many men avoid monks in Gargantua: Chapter Thirty-eight?
(a) Eudemon.
(b) Epistemon.
(c) Carpalim.
(d) King Anarch.

7. What does Gargantua accidentally swallow the six pilgrims with in Gargantua: Chapter Thirty-six?
(a) Lettuce.
(b) Tomatoes.
(c) Garlic.
(d) Onions.

8. Whose reputation grows after winning the dispute against the Englishman in Pantagruel: Chapter Fourteen?
(a) Gargantua's.
(b) Panurge's.
(c) Thaumaste's.
(d) Frere Jean's.

9. Who claims that many monks are lazy in Gargantua: Chapter Thirty-eight?
(a) Gargantua.
(b) Frere Jean.
(c) King Picrochole the Third.
(d) Solomon.

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

11. What plagues Africa during Pantagruel's birth?
(a) Bubonic plague.
(b) Tsunamis.
(c) A drought.
(d) Earthquakes.

12. What is the name of Gargantua's mother?
(a) Ponocrates.
(b) Carpalim.
(c) Gargamelle.
(d) Badebec

13. What land does Pantagruel subdue in the beginning of Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter One?
(a) The islands of Tohu and Bohu.
(b) Arcea-Galeau.
(c) Dipsody.
(d) France.

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

15. What occupation does Seraphin Calobarsy hold?
(a) Merchant.
(b) Physician.
(c) Fisherman.
(d) Senator.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Gargantua: Chapter Thirty-one, le Comte Spandassaino and Captain Squirt use what to convince Picrochole to attack the cities and fortresses of Utopia?

2. Third Book of Pantagruel: Introduction states that the humanist type of this book was published in what year?

3. What is made for Gargantua in Gargantua: Chapter Eleven?

4. Who summons the inhabitants of the city to set fire to the Dipsodes' camp in Pantagruel: Chapter Eighteen?

5. What does the name Pantagruel mean?

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