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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Ringing Island was once inhabited by Siticines but they were transfigured into what?
(a) Birds.
(b) Lizards.
(c) Snails.
(d) Turtles.

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

7. In Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapters Fifty-nine and Sixty tell of how the Gastrolaters worship Gaster as their what?
(a) Cultural icon.
(b) Ventripotent god.
(c) Omnipresent deity.
(d) Revolutionary hero.

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

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

10. Who examines cases by rolling dice in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Thirty-eight?
(a) Panurge.
(b) Epistemon.
(c) Thaumaste.
(d) Bridoye.

11. 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) King Anarch.
(b) Epistemon.
(c) Carpalim.
(d) Solomon.

12. Who does Pantagruel send to learn the reason for the Chidlings animosity in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Forty-one?
(a) Badebec.
(b) Carpalim.
(c) Epistemon.
(d) Panurge.

13. With whom does Panurge share a discussion about a monastical cabbala concerning salted beef in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Fifteen?
(a) Panurge.
(b) Gargantua.
(c) King Anarch.
(d) Frere Jean.

14. Who is referred to by Pantagruel and his men as the first Master of Arts in this world?
(a) Messer Gaster.
(b) High-Priestess Bacbuc.
(c) King Anarch.
(d) Quaremeprenant.

15. Who does Pantagruel ask to parley with in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Forty-two?
(a) King Anarch.
(b) Lady Niphleseth.
(c) Jean Audeau.
(d) Epistemon.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what island does Pantagruel's ship stop in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Two?

2. Who does Panurge describe at Panzoust who foretells all things to come in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Fifteen?

3. What does Homenaz give Pantagruel and his men in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Fifty-four?

4. What does Pantagruel interpret Panurge's dream to mean in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Fourteen?

5. Fourth Book of Pantagruel: The Royal Privilege gives the right to reprint the story to whom?

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