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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. In Gargantua: Chapter Thirty-one, le Comte Spandassaino and Captain Squirt use what to convince Picrochole to attack the cities and fortresses of Utopia?
(a) Passion.
(b) Lies.
(c) Flattery.
(d) Conviction.

2. What does Pantagruel intend to have a look at with his friend in Pantagruel: Chapter Eleven?
(a) The walls of Paris.
(b) Pygmies.
(c) Dipsodes' camp.
(d) La Follie-Gobelin.

3. Pantagruel: Introduction explains that this is the first edition of "Pantagruel" which was dated when?
(a) 1522 or 1523.
(b) 1515 or 1516.
(c) 1531 or 1532.
(d) 1513 or 1514.

4. Third Book of Pantagruel: Introduction states that the humanist type of this book was published by whom?
(a) Frere Jean.
(b) Braggart.
(c) Chretien Wechel of Paris.
(d) King Anarch.

5. What occupation does Seraphin Calobarsy hold?
(a) Fisherman.
(b) Merchant.
(c) Senator.
(d) Physician.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gargantua accidentally swallow the six pilgrims with in Gargantua: Chapter Thirty-six?

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

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

4. What land does Pantagruel subdue in the beginning of Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter One?

5. Who does Panurge dress as a crier of green sauce in order to settle him into a trade in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-one?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Braggart killed? Who kills him?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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