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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 position does Ulrich Gallet hold in Gargantua?
(a) Mayor.
(b) Prime Minister.
(c) Merchant of the year.
(d) Master of Petitions.

2. With whose wisdom is Pantagruel's compared in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten?
(a) Moses.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Mohammed.
(d) Solomon.

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

4. What is made for Gargantua in Gargantua: Chapter Eleven?
(a) A paper doll.
(b) A dirt hut.
(c) A woven basket.
(d) A wooden horse.

5. In Gargantua: Chapter One, the author writes that Gargantua's lineage was uncovered in a meadow near what?
(a) Poitiers.
(b) Orleans.
(c) Paris.
(d) Arcea-Galeau.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what king does Pantagruel send the prisoner in Pantagruel: Chapter Eighteen?

2. Pantagruel refuses the offer given to him in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten because he believes such offices are like what?

3. Who does Pantagruel learn have laid waste to Utopia in Pantagruel: Chapter Fifteen?

4. What is the name of Gargantua's mother?

5. Panurge suggests making the decision of whether or not to marry in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Eleven by doing what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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 King Picrochole do for revenge in Gargantua: Chapter Forty?

5. Who does Gargantua accidentally swallow in Gargantua: Chapter Thirty-six?

6. Who comes to test Pantagruel in Pantagruel: Chapter Thirteen? What happens?

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

8. To whom is Pantagruel compared in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten? What office is offered him and why does he refuse it?

9. Who does Pantagruel meet in Pantagruel: Chapter Nine? How is this character described?

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

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