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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pantagruel purchases a series of tapestries depicting the life and deeds of whom in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Two?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Ulysses.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Aeneas.

2. Who does Pantagruel suggest Panurge seek the advice of in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Nineteen?
(a) Badebec.
(b) Thaumaste.
(c) Nazdecabre.
(d) Carpalim.

3. After a journey of how many days does Panurge reach Panzoust in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Seventeen?
(a) Six.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Four.

4. In Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Forty-eight, Gargantua wishes who will marry but not without his parents' consent?
(a) Panurge.
(b) Pantagruel.
(c) Badebec.
(d) Thaumaste.

5. What does Panurge do with the sheep he's bought in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Eight?
(a) Lights it on fire.
(b) Throws it in the sea.
(c) Cages it.
(d) Eats it.

6. The Queen of Cheli and all of her court kiss Pantagruel and his men, except for whom, in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Ten?
(a) Panurge.
(b) King Panigon.
(c) Frere Jean.
(d) King Anarch.

7. In Fifth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Seven, Panurge tells Aedituus the fable of the ass who renounces the what?
(a) King.
(b) War-horse.
(c) Princess.
(d) Mare.

8. Where do Pantagruel and his men see the hairy tribe of Procureers and Chicanous?
(a) Paris.
(b) Amaurots.
(c) Tapinois.
(d) Procuration.

9. Gaster tells Pantagruel how he invented the means of gathering and conserving what in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapters Sixty-one and Sixty-two?
(a) Water.
(b) Grain.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Meat.

10. With whom does Panurge head toward Panzoust in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Sixteen?
(a) King Anarch.
(b) Epistemon.
(c) The Sybil.
(d) Carpalim.

11. What island do Pantagruel's ships reach in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Sixty-three?
(a) Island of the Papimanes.
(b) Ruach.
(c) Ile Farouche.
(d) Chaneph.

12. Who tells Panurge that marriage is a matter fraught with risk in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-four?
(a) Raminagrobis.
(b) Carpalim.
(c) Thaumaste.
(d) Epistemon.

13. Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Prologue of the Author advises the reader to do what?
(a) Stand up against oppression.
(b) Humble himself before God.
(c) Look to the humanists.
(d) Turn from God.

14. Which island in Fifth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Ten proves to be full of infertile soil?
(a) The Island of Ruach.
(b) The Island of Ironmongery.
(c) The Island of Cheating.
(d) La Dive Bouteille.

15. The Fifth Book of Pantagruel: Introduction states that this book was published how many years after Rabelais' death?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Eleven.
(c) Five.
(d) Eight.

Short Answer Questions

1. Panurge begs who to sell him a sheep in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapters Six and Seven?

2. Where do Pantagruel and his men land where the inhabitants eat and drink nothing but wind?

3. Pantagruel tells the story of whom in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-eight?

4. Who does Pantagruel suggest Panurge take the advice from in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Thirty-seven?

5. When Pantagruel's ship lands on the Isle of the Macraeons in order to repair their ship, Pantagruel asks whom the reason for the storm?

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