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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. Where do six pilgrims returning from Saint Sebastian's hide in Gargantua: Chapter Thirty-six?
(a) A meadow.
(b) A garden.
(c) A lakeshore.
(d) A forest.

2. Who consults Seraphin Calobarsy to set Gargantua on a better path in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty-one?
(a) Carpalim.
(b) Badebec.
(c) Solomon.
(d) Ponocrates.

3. Who insists in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Five that though lending and borrowing is sometimes necessary, it should be used sparingly?
(a) Epistemon.
(b) Carpalim.
(c) Pantagruel.
(d) Panurge.

4. Who brings an action against the Sorbonnists in court in Gargantua: Chapter Nineteen?
(a) Epistemon.
(b) King Anarch.
(c) Panurge.
(d) Janotus.

5. What position is offered to Pantagruel in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten?
(a) Receiver of Petitions and President of Court.
(b) President of Court.
(c) Receiver of Petitions.
(d) President of Petitions.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What does Pantagruel receive instead of the office in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten?

3. What does Pantagruel's father compose for Pantagruel's mother after his birth?

4. How many men in copper spheres are sent into Pantagruel's stomach to dislodge a mountain of ordure in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-three?

5. How many knights approach Pantagruel's vessel in Pantagruel: Chapter Sixteen?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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