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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who sent the ship in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Three to report on Pantagruel's circumstances?
(a) Panurge.
(b) Epistemon.
(c) Gargantua.
(d) King Anarch.

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

3. What plant does Pantagruel take with him in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Forty-nine?
(a) Pantagrueline.
(b) Gooseberry.
(c) Wormwood.
(d) Thaumaste.

4. 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.

5. What beast does Pantagruel see near Ile Farouche in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Thirty-three?
(a) Medusa.
(b) Cyclops.
(c) Chidlings.
(d) Physeter.

6. Who says in the Fifth Book of Pantagruel, "in this world, there are more bollocks than men"?
(a) Aedituus.
(b) Malicorne.
(c) Dindenault.
(d) Thaumaste.

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

8. In Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Eleven, Epistemon explains why monks are readily found where?
(a) In restrooms.
(b) In monasteries.
(c) In kitchens.
(d) In court.

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

10. 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 be happily married.
(c) He will have ten children.
(d) He will be cuckolded and beaten.

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

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

13. The narrator explains that what should not be hated by humans in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Thirty-eight?
(a) Giants.
(b) Elves.
(c) Chidlings.
(d) Cats.

14. Fourth Book of Pantagruel: The Royal Privilege gives the right to reprint the story to whom?
(a) King Henry of England.
(b) King Henry of France.
(c) Queen Quintessence.
(d) Queen Elizabeth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Pantagruel denounces both the Gastrolaters and who in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Fifty-eight?

2. Who points out the land where Quaremeprenant reigns in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-nine?

3. Panurge and his compatriots discuss the fact that women desire what in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Thirty-four?

4. What do Pantagruel and Panurge decide to visit for advice in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Forty-seven?

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?

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