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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 Panurge cease to wear in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Seven?
(a) His codpiece.
(b) His helmet.
(c) His armor.
(d) His crown.

2. What does Pantagruel's father compose for Pantagruel's mother after his birth?
(a) A note of appreciation.
(b) A symphony.
(c) A poem.
(d) An epitaph.

3. Who does Gargantua take as prisoner in Gargantua: Chapter Forty-two?
(a) Braggart.
(b) Pantagruel.
(c) Comte de Rushin.
(d) Hastyveal.

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

5. Gargantua's countrymen get into a dispute with the bakers of where in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty-three?
(a) Arcea-Galeau.
(b) The Isle of Ennasin.
(c) Lerne.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Pantagruel send Carpalim in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-one?

2. Whose reputation grows after winning the dispute against the Englishman in Pantagruel: Chapter Fourteen?

3. For how long is Gargantua's mother pregnant with Gargantua?

4. Who does Pantagruel assign the castellany of Salmagundi in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Two?

5. In Gargantua: Chapter One, the author writes that Gargantua's lineage was uncovered in a meadow near what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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