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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. With whose wisdom is Pantagruel's compared in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten?
(a) Moses.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Mohammed.
(d) Solomon.

4. Who claims "those who are not very bright could never spend so much in so short a time" in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Two?
(a) Thaumaste.
(b) Panurge.
(c) Solomon.
(d) Frere Jean.

5. Who does King Picrochole send to patrol in Gargantua: Chapter Forty-one?
(a) Thaumaste.
(b) Hastyveal.
(c) Gargantua.
(d) Comte de Rushin.

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

7. 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) Jean Audeau.
(b) Gargantua.
(c) King Anarch.
(d) Panurge.

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

9. Who summons the inhabitants of the city to set fire to the Dipsodes' camp in Pantagruel: Chapter Eighteen?
(a) Rabelais.
(b) Loup Garou.
(c) Carpalim.
(d) King Anarch.

10. 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 Power.
(c) The Royal Prerogative.
(d) The King's Greed.

11. Who does Braggart kill for accusing him of corruption in Gargantua: Chapter Forty-five?
(a) King Anarch.
(b) Badebec.
(c) Hastyveal.
(d) Pantagruel.

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

13. Who does Grandgousier summon in Gargantua: Chapter Thirty-seven?
(a) Frere Jean.
(b) Panurge.
(c) Jean Audeau.
(d) Gargantua.

14. What does Pantagruel intend to have a look at with his friend in Pantagruel: Chapter Eleven?
(a) The walls of Paris.
(b) Dipsodes' camp.
(c) Pygmies.
(d) La Follie-Gobelin.

15. 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) Panurge.
(b) Thaumaste.
(c) Anarch.
(d) Solomon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Panurge talk of having escaped because they wanted to roast him alive in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten?

2. Who insists in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Five that though lending and borrowing is sometimes necessary, it should be used sparingly?

3. What does the midwife administer to Gargantua's mother when she goes into labor?

4. Where does Pantagruel stroll toward to seek recreation from his studies in Pantagruel: Chapter Eleven?

5. In Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-two, the people of Dipsodes surrender to Pantagruel, except for whom?

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