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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 is Pantagruel sent to study in Pantagruel: Chapter 5?
(a) Paris.
(b) Bourges.
(c) Poitiers.
(d) Orleans.
2. What colors are the livery Gargantua's father orders for Gargantua in Gargantua: Chapter Seven?
(a) Black and tan.
(b) Green and gold.
(c) Blue and white.
(d) Blue and orange.
3. Who does Braggart kill for accusing him of corruption in Gargantua: Chapter Forty-five?
(a) Pantagruel.
(b) Badebec.
(c) King Anarch.
(d) Hastyveal.
4. Who among Pantagruel's men has his neck slit in Pantagruel: Chapter Nineteen?
(a) Carpalim.
(b) Epistemon.
(c) Loup Garou.
(d) Almyrodes.
5. What does Gargantua's father exclaim upon Gargantua's birth?
(a) "Que-petit-tu-as."
(b) "Oh-la-la."
(c) "Que-grant-tu-as!"
(d) "Che-mien-au-ju"
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Pantagruel's father compose for Pantagruel's mother after his birth?
2. What is the name of Gargantua's father?
3. What does Panurge cease to wear in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Seven?
4. In Gargantua: Chapter Thirty-one, le Comte Spandassaino and Captain Squirt use what to convince Picrochole to attack the cities and fortresses of Utopia?
5. What is the name of Gargantua's mother?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who does Gargantua accidentally swallow in Gargantua: Chapter Thirty-six?
2. How is Gargantua's childhood described in Gargantua: Chapter Ten?
3. When was Gargantua written? What does To Readers suggest about the text?
4. What did Rabelais write in his "Pantagrueline Prognostication for 1533"? What did he assure the reader?
5. What does Pantagruel send the prisoner with to the king in Pantagruel: Chapter Eighteen? What does the king do?
6. What does Gargantua attempt to devote himself to in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty? Who assists him?
7. What does Pantagruel think of Panurge at the onset of their friendship? How does the narrator describe Panurge in Pantagruel: Chapter Twelve?
8. Describe Pantagruel's birth. Why did his father give him the name Pantagruel?
9. Who does Pantagruel meet in Pantagruel: Chapter Nine? How is this character described?
10. When does Gargantua leave Paris? Where does he go?
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