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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who addresses Gargantua to explain the importance of the bells in Gargantua: Chapter Eighteen?
(a) Panurge.
(b) Thaumaste.
(c) Magister Janotus de Bragmardo.
(d) Magister Virgil.

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

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

4. What position is offered to Pantagruel in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten?
(a) Receiver of Petitions.
(b) President of Court.
(c) President of Petitions.
(d) Receiver of Petitions and President of Court.

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

6. What colors are the livery Gargantua's father orders for Gargantua in Gargantua: Chapter Seven?
(a) Black and tan.
(b) Blue and orange.
(c) Green and gold.
(d) Blue and white.

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. Where do six pilgrims returning from Saint Sebastian's hide in Gargantua: Chapter Thirty-six?
(a) A forest.
(b) A garden.
(c) A meadow.
(d) A lakeshore.

14. 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) Epistemon.
(c) Panurge.
(d) Pantagruel.

15. 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) Frere Jean.
(b) Thaumaste.
(c) Panurge.
(d) Solomon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the abbey built by Gargantua in Gargantua: Chapter Fifty?

2. Who does Pantagruel learn have laid waste to Utopia in Pantagruel: Chapter Fifteen?

3. What does Pantagruel send the prisoner with to the king in Pantagruel: Chapter Eighteen?

4. What does Pantagruel suggest he and Panurge consult to determine whether Panurge should marry in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Twelve?

5. Who does Pantagruel assign the castellany of Salmagundi in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Two?

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