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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gargantua's mother eat a lot of during her pregnancy in Gargantua: Chapter Four?
(a) Croissants.
(b) Tripe.
(c) Hog jowels.
(d) Cheese.

2. Who becomes stuck in a tree as he encourages the men to have courage in Gargantua: Chapter Forty?
(a) King Picrochole the Third.
(b) Gargantua.
(c) Hastyveal.
(d) Frere Jean.

3. Who does Pantagruel assign the castellany of Salmagundi in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Two?
(a) Thaumaste.
(b) Frere Jean.
(c) Solomon.
(d) Panurge.

4. What plagues Africa during Pantagruel's birth?
(a) A drought.
(b) Tsunamis.
(c) Bubonic plague.
(d) Earthquakes.

5. What man with a Germanic tongue does Pantagruel meet in Pantagruel: Chapter Nine?
(a) Gargantua.
(b) Ulysses.
(c) Panurge.
(d) Hugh.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Pantagruel sent to study in Pantagruel: Chapter 5?

2. How many knights approach Pantagruel's vessel in Pantagruel: Chapter Sixteen?

3. Who does Panurge dress as a crier of green sauce in order to settle him into a trade in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-one?

4. Where does Pantagruel's army march to take the entire kingdom by force in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-one?

5. How many men in copper spheres are sent into Pantagruel's stomach to dislodge a mountain of ordure in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-three?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Rabelais write in his "Pantagrueline Prognostication for 1533"? What did he assure the reader?

2. What is the subject of Gargantua: Chapters One through Five? What is suggested by Gargamelle's pregnancy?

3. Who attempts to get back the bells of Notre Dame in Gargantua: Chapter Eighteen? What is Gargantua's response?

4. Who does Pantagruel challenge to combat in Pantagruel: Chapter Nineteen? What is the conclusion of the battle?

5. Describe Pantagruel's birth. Why did his father give him the name Pantagruel?

6. Who does Panurge attempt to seduce in Pantagruel: Chapter Fourteen? What is his response?

7. When does Gargantua leave Paris? Where does he go?

8. What argument do Panurge and Pantagruel have about money in the Third Book of Pantagruel?

9. Why is Braggart killed? Who kills him?

10. What does Gargantua build in Gargantua: Chapter Fifty? Why?

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