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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 the midwife administer to Gargantua's mother when she goes into labor?
(a) A constrictive.
(b) A poison.
(c) A pain killer.
(d) Milk.

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

3. What does Gargantua attempt to devote himself to in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty?
(a) Work.
(b) Play.
(c) Study.
(d) Chess.

4. How many generations of Pantagruel's genealogy are described in Pantagruel: Chapter One?
(a) Ten.
(b) Eight.
(c) Two.
(d) Sixty.

5. What does Gargantua's father exclaim upon Gargantua's birth?
(a) "Que-grant-tu-as!"
(b) "Che-mien-au-ju"
(c) "Que-petit-tu-as."
(d) "Oh-la-la."

Short Answer Questions

1. Of whom is it written, "if ever there was such a one in Paris, a felon, a cheat, a tippler, a loafer, a scrounger, but that apart, the nicest young lad in the world"?

2. Who becomes stuck in a tree as he encourages the men to have courage in Gargantua: Chapter Forty?

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

4. What is the name of the abbey built by Gargantua in Gargantua: Chapter Fifty?

5. What is the name of the satirical poem in Gargantua: Chapter Two?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Pantagruel think of Panurge at the onset of their friendship? How does the narrator describe Panurge in Pantagruel: Chapter Twelve?

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

4. What does Panurge ask Pantagruel's advice about in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Nine? What discussion follows?

5. What does Pantagruel send the prisoner with to the king in Pantagruel: Chapter Eighteen? What does the king do?

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

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

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

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

10. What does King Picrochole do for revenge in Gargantua: Chapter Forty?

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