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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Panurge and his compatriots discuss the fact that women desire what in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Thirty-four?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) Great warriors.
(c) God-like men.
(d) Forbidden things.

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

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

4. In Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Forty-four, Pantagruel tells a curious story about perplexity of what?
(a) Women.
(b) International government.
(c) War.
(d) Human judgments.

5. Who comes on a ship in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Three to report on Pantagruel's circumstances?
(a) Thaumaste.
(b) King Anarch.
(c) Malicorne.
(d) Carpalim.

6. 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 bag.
(d) A hat.

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

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

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

10. In Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Thirty-six, Pantagruel summons the marines aboard his vessels, Colonel Poke-Banger and who?
(a) Colonel Farouche.
(b) Colonel Bacbuc.
(c) Colonel Spoilchidling.
(d) Colonel Medamothi.

11. 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) Two fasts.
(b) Feats of strength.
(c) Four fasts.
(d) Beatings.

12. Who is eulogized in Fifth Book of Pantagruel: Prologue?
(a) Epistemon.
(b) Queen Marguerite de Navarre of France.
(c) King Anarch.
(d) Princess of Avalon of France.

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

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

15. Where does Pantagruel sail for in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-nine?
(a) Aguyon.
(b) Amaurots.
(c) Tapinois.
(d) Orleans.

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. What does Panurge stand by the galley with to prevent the shepherds from saving themselves in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Eight?

3. Fourth Book of Pantagruel: To the Most-Illustrious Prince is addressed to whom?

4. Who does Pantagruel send to learn the reason for the Chidlings animosity in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Forty-one?

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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