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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 Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Forty-eight, Gargantua wishes who will marry but not without his parents' consent?
(a) Thaumaste.
(b) Pantagruel.
(c) Badebec.
(d) Panurge.

2. What does Panurge do with the sheep he's bought in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Eight?
(a) Throws it in the sea.
(b) Lights it on fire.
(c) Eats it.
(d) Cages it.

3. In Fifth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Seven, Panurge tells Aedituus the fable of the ass who renounces the what?
(a) War-horse.
(b) Mare.
(c) Princess.
(d) King.

4. Where do Pantagruel and his men land where the inhabitants eat and drink nothing but wind?
(a) Medamothi.
(b) Ringing Island.
(c) The Island of Ruach.
(d) Island of the Papefigues.

5. Whose advice is Panurge advised to seek in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-five?
(a) Raminagrobis'.
(b) Jean Audeau's.
(c) Herr Trippa's.
(d) Carpalim's.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Introduction states that this book was written in what year?

2. What plant does Pantagruel take with him in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Forty-nine?

3. With whom does Panurge head toward Panzoust in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Sixteen?

4. Ringing Island was once inhabited by Siticines but they were transfigured into what?

5. What does Pantagruel interpret Panurge's dream to mean in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Fourteen?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Pantagruel travel in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapters Seven through Ten?

2. Who is the character of Catty-Claws? What riddle does he ask?

3. What does the physician suggest to Panurge in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Thirty-three? What about the philosopher?

4. Who does Panurge buy a sheep from in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Six? What incident follows?

5. Who does Pantagruel gather to advise Panurge in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-nine? What do they advise?

6. What do the tribe of Procureers and Chicanous do for a living? What story does Panurge relate of them?

7. When was the Fourth Book of Pantagruel written? What introductions precede it?

8. What do Pantagruel and his men hear at sea in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Fifty-five? What becomes of the sound?

9. What do Pantagruel and his men find on Ringing Island in Fifth Book of Pantagruel: Chapters One and Two?

10. What is described of Gaster in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapters Fifty-nine and Sixty?

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