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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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.

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

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

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

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

9. Who does Pantagruel learn have laid waste to Utopia in Pantagruel: Chapter Fifteen?
(a) The Amazons.
(b) The Turks.
(c) The Dipsodes.
(d) The English.

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

11. What position is offered to Pantagruel in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten?
(a) Receiver of Petitions and President of Court.
(b) Receiver of Petitions.
(c) President of Petitions.
(d) President of Court.

12. 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'.

13. Who does Panurge talk of having escaped because they wanted to roast him alive in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten?
(a) The English.
(b) The Turks.
(c) The Italians.
(d) The Russians.

14. In Pantagruel: Prologue, the author compared the novel to what literary genre?
(a) Medieval fairy tales.
(b) Medieval war tales.
(c) Non-fiction.
(d) Medieval romances.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many novels are contained in the collection "Gargantua and Pantagruel" by Francois Rabelais?

3. What position does Ulrich Gallet hold in Gargantua?

4. It is written in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty-two that Gargantua spent rainy days attending what?

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

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