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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Solomon.
(b) Badebec.
(c) Magister Janotus de Bragmardo.
(d) Frere Jean des Entommeures.

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

3. Pantagruel refuses the offer given to him in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten because he believes such offices are like what?
(a) Vacations.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Too high above him.
(d) Priesthood.

4. Who does Panurge dress as a crier of green sauce in order to settle him into a trade in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-one?
(a) Epistemon.
(b) King Anarch.
(c) Janotus.
(d) Solomon.

5. Where does Pantagruel stroll toward to seek recreation from his studies in Pantagruel: Chapter Eleven?
(a) Paris.
(b) The Faubourg Saint-Marcel.
(c) Orleans.
(d) Poitiers.

6. What position does Ulrich Gallet hold in Gargantua?
(a) Mayor.
(b) Prime Minister.
(c) Merchant of the year.
(d) Master of Petitions.

7. Pantagruel: Introduction explains that this is the first edition of "Pantagruel" which was dated when?
(a) 1513 or 1514.
(b) 1515 or 1516.
(c) 1531 or 1532.
(d) 1522 or 1523.

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

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

10. What does Gargantua's father ask him to do by letter in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty-six?
(a) Go to church.
(b) Come home.
(c) Go to London.
(d) Go to Paris.

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

12. What does Gargantua attempt to devote himself to in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty?
(a) Work.
(b) Play.
(c) Chess.
(d) Study.

13. Panurge suggests making the decision of whether or not to marry in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Eleven by doing what?
(a) Throwing dice.
(b) Talking to a fortune teller.
(c) Reading Virgil.
(d) Using cards.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Gargantua: Chapter One, the author writes that Gargantua's lineage was uncovered in a meadow near what?

2. What does Gargantua's mother eat a lot of during her pregnancy in Gargantua: Chapter Four?

3. Where is Pantagruel sent to study in Pantagruel: Chapter 5?

4. Pantagruel: Dixain was written by whom?

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

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