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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. Who insists in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Five that there would be harmony in a world where all men are both debtors and borrowers?
(a) Jean Audeau.
(b) King Anarch.
(c) Panurge.
(d) Gargantua.

2. What is the name of Gargantua's mother?
(a) Carpalim.
(b) Ponocrates.
(c) Gargamelle.
(d) Badebec

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

4. Who kills many of the enemy when he sees them stealing the grapes that the monastery uses for an entire year of wine in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty-five?
(a) Badebec.
(b) Frere Jean des Entommeures.
(c) Magister Janotus de Bragmardo.
(d) Solomon.

5. What leader does Pantagruel challenge to single combat in Pantagruel: Chapter Nineteen?
(a) Carpalim.
(b) Loup Garou.
(c) King Anarch.
(d) Solomon.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Pantagruel: Prologue, the author compared the novel to what literary genre?

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

3. What does Pantagruel suggest he and Panurge consult to determine whether Panurge should marry in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Twelve?

4. Gargantua: Introduction informs that this is the first known edition of "Gargantua" and was written early in what year?

5. Who consults Seraphin Calobarsy to set Gargantua on a better path in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty-one?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does the Introduction of Pantagruel reveal about the style and time period of the piece?

4. Why is Braggart killed? Who kills him?

5. What is sent to Gargantua in Gargantua: Chapter Fifteen? What does he do with the gift?

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

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

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

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

10. What dispute arises in Garganua's homeland in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty-three? Who begins an attack?

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