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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 Gargantua's father?
(a) Janotus.
(b) Ponocrates.
(c) Grandgousier.
(d) Magister Janotus de Bragmardo.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is made for Gargantua in Gargantua: Chapter Eleven?
(a) A paper doll.
(b) A woven basket.
(c) A wooden horse.
(d) A dirt hut.

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

12. What does Gargantua attempt to devote himself to in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty?
(a) Study.
(b) Work.
(c) Chess.
(d) Play.

13. Who among Pantagruel's men has his neck slit in Pantagruel: Chapter Nineteen?
(a) Loup Garou.
(b) Epistemon.
(c) Carpalim.
(d) Almyrodes.

14. What does Panurge cease to wear in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Seven?
(a) His helmet.
(b) His codpiece.
(c) His armor.
(d) His crown.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What position does Ulrich Gallet hold in Gargantua?

2. What gives permission to the king to print and sell Rabelais' book as written in Third Book of Pantagruel: Introduction?

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

4. Pantagruel: Introduction explains that this is the first edition of "Pantagruel" which was dated when?

5. Where does Pantagruel's army march to take the entire kingdom by force in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-one?

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