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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Panurge begs who to sell him a sheep in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapters Six and Seven?
(a) Dindenault.
(b) Carpalim.
(c) Epistemon.
(d) Gargantua.

2. What does Pantagruel cast on deck but not allow his men to preserve in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Fifty-five?
(a) Gullet-words.
(b) A shark.
(c) A lamb.
(d) A cat.

3. Who tells Pantagruel and his men how miracles are produced by the Decretals in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapters Fifty-one through Fifty-three?
(a) King Anarch.
(b) Panurge.
(c) Homenaz.
(d) Solomon.

4. What do Panurge and Pantagruel debate the meaning of in ancient literary traditions in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Fourteen?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Religious allusion.
(c) Plot structure.
(d) Symbolism.

5. Where do Pantagruel and his men land where the inhabitants eat and drink nothing but wind?
(a) Medamothi.
(b) Island of the Papefigues.
(c) Ringing Island.
(d) The Island of Ruach.

6. What ship arrives in the harbor in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Three to report on Pantagruel's circumstances?
(a) The Carthanan.
(b) The Chelidoine.
(c) The Gargantua.
(d) The Thalamege.

7. Who does Panurge describe at Panzoust who foretells all things to come in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Fifteen?
(a) Gargantua.
(b) Carpalim.
(c) The Sybil.
(d) King Anarch.

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

9. Who is the Master Aedituus of Ringing Island?
(a) Gargantua.
(b) Panurge.
(c) Epistemon.
(d) Albiam Camat.

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

11. What is abstracted from France by the virtue of the Decretals?
(a) Gold.
(b) Diamonds.
(c) Silver.
(d) Bronze.

12. Who rules the Island of Cheli in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Ten?
(a) Solomon.
(b) Panurge.
(c) King Anarch.
(d) King Panigon.

13. What is the name of the hermit who greets Pantagruel's ships in Fifth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter One?
(a) Catty-Claws.
(b) Messer Gaster.
(c) Quaremeprenant.
(d) Braguibus.

14. What do Pantagruel and his men bestow on Homenaz before leaving in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Fifty-four?
(a) Bronze.
(b) Silver.
(c) Gold.
(d) Platinum.

15. The hermit who greets Pantagruel's ships in Fifth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter One subjects the men to what before admitting them to the island?
(a) Four fasts.
(b) Two fasts.
(c) Beatings.
(d) Feats of strength.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator explains that what should not be hated by humans in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Thirty-eight?

3. The Fifth Book of Pantagruel: Introduction states that this book was published in what year?

4. Who does Pantagruel ask to parley with in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Forty-two?

5. The hairy tribe of Procureers and Chicanous earn their living how?

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