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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 comes on a ship in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Three to report on Pantagruel's circumstances?
(a) Thaumaste.
(b) King Anarch.
(c) Carpalim.
(d) Malicorne.

2. Who does Pantagruel send to learn the reason for the Chidlings animosity in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Forty-one?
(a) Panurge.
(b) Epistemon.
(c) Badebec.
(d) Carpalim.

3. The hermit who greets Pantagruel's ships in Fifth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter One subjects the men to what before admitting them to the island?
(a) Two fasts.
(b) Feats of strength.
(c) Four fasts.
(d) Beatings.

4. In Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapters Fifty-nine and Sixty tell of how the Gastrolaters worship Gaster as their what?
(a) Ventripotent god.
(b) Omnipresent deity.
(c) Cultural icon.
(d) Revolutionary hero.

5. Where is Pantagruel preparing to go in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Forty-nine?
(a) To the desert.
(b) To the forest.
(c) To the mountains.
(d) To sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Panurge do with the sheep he's bought in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Eight?

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

3. The inhabitants of where drink to the health of Pantagruel in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter One?

4. Who tells Pantagruel and his men how miracles are produced by the Decretals in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapters Fifty-one through Fifty-three?

5. What is the name of the hermit who greets Pantagruel's ships in Fifth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter One?

Short Essay Questions

1. What leads Pantagruel and Panurge to the Dive Bouteille?

2. Where does Pantagruel set out in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapters Twenty-eight through Thirty?

3. What does Panurge decipher from his dreams in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Fourteen? How does Pantagruel interpret the dream?

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

5. When was the Fifth Book of Pantagruel published? What is said about it in the Introductions and Prologue?

6. What do the inhabitants of Ruach ingest? What conversation does Pantagruel have with their king?

7. Where is Pantagruel in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter One? Where does he depart?

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

9. What takes place in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapters Sixty-six through the end of the novel?

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

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