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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Pantagruel denounces both the Gastrolaters and who in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Fifty-eight?
(a) The Interminers.
(b) The Eucledians.
(c) The Chicanous.
(d) The Engastrimyths.

3. 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 Anarch.
(c) King Panigon.
(d) Frere Jean.

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

5. 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) Panurge.
(b) Solomon.
(c) King Anarch.
(d) Homenaz.

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

7. The inhabitants of where drink to the health of Pantagruel in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter One?
(a) Utopia.
(b) Thalasse.
(c) Dipsody.
(d) Paris.

8. 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.

9. What comedy of cruelty does Panurge describe in Pantagruel: Chapters Thirteen through Sixteen?
(a) The Story of Thelemas and Helen.
(b) The Story of the Thelemites and Chicanous.
(c) The Story of Aphrodite and Eros.
(d) The Story of Seigneur de Basche and Chicanous.

10. At what island does Pantagruel's ship stop in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Two?
(a) Ringing Island.
(b) Papimanes.
(c) Medamothi.
(d) Ruach.

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

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

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

14. Where is Pantagruel greeted oddly by the natives in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Nine?
(a) Procuration.
(b) Tapinois.
(c) Paris.
(d) The Isle of Ennasin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pantagruel cast on deck but not allow his men to preserve in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Fifty-five?

2. With whom does Panurge share a discussion about a monastical cabbala concerning salted beef in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Fifteen?

3. In Fifth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Seven, Panurge tells Aedituus the fable of the ass who renounces the what?

4. 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?

5. What does Pantagruel see scrambling up trees as he and his men dine in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Thirty-five?

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