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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the satirical poem in Gargantua: Chapter Two?
(a) "Poison Foam."
(b) "Healthful Drink."
(c) "Dangerous Brew."
(d) "Antidoted Bubbles."

2. Who becomes stuck in a tree as he encourages the men to have courage in Gargantua: Chapter Forty?
(a) King Picrochole the Third.
(b) Gargantua.
(c) Frere Jean.
(d) Hastyveal.

3. What leader does Pantagruel challenge to single combat in Pantagruel: Chapter Nineteen?
(a) Solomon.
(b) Carpalim.
(c) Loup Garou.
(d) King Anarch.

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

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

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

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

8. Pantagruel: Dixain was written by whom?
(a) Almyrodes.
(b) Ulysses.
(c) Maitre Hughes Salel.
(d) Francois Rabelais.

9. What does Pantagruel's father compose for Pantagruel's mother after his birth?
(a) A note of appreciation.
(b) A poem.
(c) A symphony.
(d) An epitaph.

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

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

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

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

14. What is the name of the abbey built by Gargantua in Gargantua: Chapter Fifty?
(a) Abbey of the Ottomans.
(b) Abbey of the Thelemites.
(c) Abbey or the King.
(d) Abbey of the Turks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Pantagruel: Prologue, the author compared the novel to what literary genre?

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

3. Who brings an action against the Sorbonnists in court in Gargantua: Chapter Nineteen?

4. Panurge suggests making the decision of whether or not to marry in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Eleven by doing what?

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

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