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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) Hog jowels.
(b) Cheese.
(c) Croissants.
(d) Tripe.

2. What is the name of Pantagruel's mother?
(a) Gargantua.
(b) Abbaye.
(c) Cepola.
(d) Badebec.

3. In Pantagruel: Prologue, the author compared the novel to what literary genre?
(a) Medieval war tales.
(b) Medieval romances.
(c) Medieval fairy tales.
(d) Non-fiction.

4. What land does Pantagruel subdue in the beginning of Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter One?
(a) Arcea-Galeau.
(b) The islands of Tohu and Bohu.
(c) Dipsody.
(d) France.

5. How many knights approach Pantagruel's vessel in Pantagruel: Chapter Sixteen?
(a) 2,600.
(b) 660.
(c) 1,200.
(d) 550.

Short Answer Questions

1. What occupation does Seraphin Calobarsy hold?

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

3. How many novels are contained in the collection "Gargantua and Pantagruel" by Francois Rabelais?

4. Whose defeat does Carpalim announce to the city in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-one?

5. Who summons the inhabitants of the city to set fire to the Dipsodes' camp in Pantagruel: Chapter Eighteen?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Gargantua attempt to devote himself to in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty? Who assists him?

3. Where is Pantagruel sent in Pantagruel: Chapter Five? What are his impressions of study?

4. What is stated about the style and time period of the Third Book of Pantagruel in the Introduction?

5. How is Gargantua's childhood described in Gargantua: Chapter Ten?

6. What land does Pantagruel subdue in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter One? Who does he give Salmaguni to?

7. What is the response of the Amaurots to King Anarch's defeat?

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

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

10. When was Gargantua written? What does To Readers suggest about the text?

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