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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 does Quaremeprenant reign in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-nine?
(a) Amaurots.
(b) Tapinois.
(c) Dipsodia.
(d) Orleans.

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

3. Pantagruel purchases a series of tapestries depicting the life and deeds of whom in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Two?
(a) Achilles.
(b) Aeneas.
(c) Ulysses.
(d) Agamemnon.

4. Ringing Island was once inhabited by Siticines but they were transfigured into what?
(a) Snails.
(b) Lizards.
(c) Turtles.
(d) Birds.

5. When Pantagruel's ship lands on the Isle of the Macraeons in order to repair their ship, Pantagruel asks whom the reason for the storm?
(a) Tapinois.
(b) Xenomanes.
(c) Epitheres.
(d) Macrobe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which island in Fifth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Ten proves to be full of infertile soil?

2. Where is Pantagruel greeted oddly by the natives in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Nine?

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?

4. What is the name of Pantagruel's ship in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter One?

5. In Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapters Fifty-nine and Sixty tell of how the Gastrolaters worship Gaster as their what?

Short Essay Questions

1. With whom does Pantagruel almost fight in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Five? What happens?

2. Who discusses the Decretals with Pantagruel? What is related of them?

3. Who does Pantagruel convince Panurge to see in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Nineteen?

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

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

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

7. Where does Pantagruel land in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Thirty-five? What does he see there?

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

9. What does Pantagruel speak of in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapters Forty-three and Forty-four?

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

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