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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Pantagruel suggest he and Panurge consult to determine whether Panurge should marry in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Twelve?
(a) The works of Homer.
(b) The works of Aristotle.
(c) The works of Socrates.
(d) The works of Virgil.

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

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

7. Gargantua's countrymen get into a dispute with the bakers of where in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty-three?
(a) Lerne.
(b) Arcea-Galeau.
(c) The Isle of Ennasin.
(d) Paris.

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

9. Who consults Seraphin Calobarsy to set Gargantua on a better path in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty-one?
(a) Solomon.
(b) Carpalim.
(c) Badebec.
(d) Ponocrates.

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

11. 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) Frere Jean des Entommeures.
(c) Badebec.
(d) Magister Janotus de Bragmardo.

12. What does the midwife administer to Gargantua's mother when she goes into labor?
(a) A poison.
(b) A constrictive.
(c) A pain killer.
(d) Milk.

13. What does Grandgousier give to each pilgrim for their journey in Gargantua: Chapter Forty-three?
(a) Arrows.
(b) A sword.
(c) Ten gold coins.
(d) A horse.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what king does Pantagruel send the prisoner in Pantagruel: Chapter Eighteen?

3. What does one of the pilgrims' staff hit, causing Gargantua to spit them out in Gargantua: Chapter Thirty-six?

4. What is made for Gargantua in Gargantua: Chapter Eleven?

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

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