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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) Conviction.
(b) Lies.
(c) Flattery.
(d) Passion.

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

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

4. What is the name of Gargantua's father?
(a) Grandgousier.
(b) Magister Janotus de Bragmardo.
(c) Janotus.
(d) Ponocrates.

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

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

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

8. In Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-two, the people of Dipsodes surrender to Pantagruel, except for whom?
(a) King Anarch.
(b) Epistemon.
(c) Almyrodes.
(d) Panurge.

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

10. How many generations of Pantagruel's genealogy are described in Pantagruel: Chapter One?
(a) Two.
(b) Eight.
(c) Sixty.
(d) Ten.

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

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

13. What does Pantagruel receive instead of the office in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten?
(a) Cheese.
(b) Beer.
(c) Wine.
(d) Meats.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men in copper spheres are sent into Pantagruel's stomach to dislodge a mountain of ordure in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-three?

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

3. Who does Grandgousier summon in Gargantua: Chapter Thirty-seven?

4. What position does Ulrich Gallet hold in Gargantua?

5. Who does Gargantua take as prisoner in Gargantua: Chapter Forty-two?

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