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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pantagruel advises Panurge to foretell whether he will have a good or bad marriage from what in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Thirteen?
(a) His dreams.
(b) The clouds.
(c) An encyclopedia.
(d) The works of Homer.

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

3. What man with a Germanic tongue does Pantagruel meet in Pantagruel: Chapter Nine?
(a) Ulysses.
(b) Hugh.
(c) Gargantua.
(d) Panurge.

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

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

6. What does Gargantua's father exclaim upon Gargantua's birth?
(a) "Oh-la-la."
(b) "Que-petit-tu-as."
(c) "Che-mien-au-ju"
(d) "Que-grant-tu-as!"

7. What land does Pantagruel subdue in the beginning of Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter One?
(a) France.
(b) The islands of Tohu and Bohu.
(c) Arcea-Galeau.
(d) Dipsody.

8. Who orders his men to march against the shepherds of Utopia in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty-four?
(a) Panurge.
(b) Badebec.
(c) Magister Janotus de Bragmardo.
(d) King Picrochole the Third.

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

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

11. Who does Gargantua take as prisoner in Gargantua: Chapter Forty-two?
(a) Braggart.
(b) Comte de Rushin.
(c) Pantagruel.
(d) Hastyveal.

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

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

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

15. What does Gargantua's father ask him to do by letter in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty-six?
(a) Go to London.
(b) Go to church.
(c) Go to Paris.
(d) Come home.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Gargantua's mother eat a lot of during her pregnancy in Gargantua: Chapter Four?

3. What does Pantagruel intend to have a look at with his friend in Pantagruel: Chapter Eleven?

4. 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?

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

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