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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Pantagruel.
(c) Carpalim.
(d) Panurge.

2. What position does Ulrich Gallet hold in Gargantua?
(a) Merchant of the year.
(b) Prime Minister.
(c) Mayor.
(d) Master of Petitions.

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

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

5. 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'.

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

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

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

9. What is the name of Gargantua's mother?
(a) Carpalim.
(b) Gargamelle.
(c) Ponocrates.
(d) Badebec

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

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

12. Pantagruel: Introduction explains that this is the first edition of "Pantagruel" which was dated when?
(a) 1522 or 1523.
(b) 1513 or 1514.
(c) 1515 or 1516.
(d) 1531 or 1532.

13. 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) Flattery.
(b) Conviction.
(c) Lies.
(d) Passion.

14. Gargantua: Introduction informs that this is the first known edition of "Gargantua" and was written early in what year?
(a) 1535.
(b) 1515.
(c) 1503.
(d) 1512.

15. Who brings an action against the Sorbonnists in court in Gargantua: Chapter Nineteen?
(a) King Anarch.
(b) Panurge.
(c) Epistemon.
(d) Janotus.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. Pantagruel advises Panurge to foretell whether he will have a good or bad marriage from what in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Thirteen?

5. Where does Pantagruel stroll toward to seek recreation from his studies in Pantagruel: Chapter Eleven?

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