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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells Panurge of a remedy for cuckoldry in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Thirty-three?
(a) A philosopher.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A lover.
(d) A physician.

2. The hairy tribe of Procureers and Chicanous earn their living how?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Singing.
(c) Being beaten.
(d) Selling wheat.

3. What did the wife in Panurge's dream put on his head in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Fourteen?
(a) A crown.
(b) Horns.
(c) A hat.
(d) A bag.

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

5. Who points out the land where Quaremeprenant reigns in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-nine?
(a) Thaumaste.
(b) Solomon.
(c) Xenomanes.
(d) King Anarch.

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

7. Whose engineers set up a Great Sow stored in the ship which the cooks and he enter into in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Forty?
(a) Panagruel.
(b) Frere Jean.
(c) Panurge.
(d) Gargantua.

8. What aged French poet does Panurge seek the advice on in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty?
(a) Carpalim.
(b) Raminagrobis.
(c) Thaumaste.
(d) Badebec.

9. Who does Pantagruel have read to the men on his ship from the books Gargantua sent while they are at sea in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Four?
(a) Carpalim.
(b) King Anarch.
(c) Epistemon.
(d) Solomon.

10. The individual Pantagruel suggests Panurge seek the advice of in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Nineteen is what?
(a) Mute.
(b) A king.
(c) Blind.
(d) Paralyzed.

11. Pantagruel tells the story of whom in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-eight?
(a) Epitheres.
(b) Solomon.
(c) Aguyon.
(d) Aeneas.

12. What does Pantagruel interpret Panurge's dream to mean in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Fourteen?
(a) His wife will be ugly.
(b) He will have ten children.
(c) He will be happily married.
(d) He will be cuckolded and beaten.

13. Fourth Book of Pantagruel: To the Most-Illustrious Prince is addressed to whom?
(a) The Thalamege.
(b) The Cardinal de Chatillon.
(c) Prince William II.
(d) King Henry of France.

14. Where does Quaremeprenant reign in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-nine?
(a) Orleans.
(b) Tapinois.
(c) Amaurots.
(d) Dipsodia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Thirty-six, Pantagruel summons the marines aboard his vessels, Colonel Poke-Banger and who?

2. What plant does Pantagruel take with him in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Forty-nine?

3. In Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Forty-four, Pantagruel tells a curious story about perplexity of what?

4. The Queen of Cheli and all of her court kiss Pantagruel and his men, except for whom, in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Ten?

5. Where do Pantagruel and his men land in Fifth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter One?

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