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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. What is abstracted from France by the virtue of the Decretals?
(a) Silver.
(b) Diamonds.
(c) Bronze.
(d) Gold.

2. What do Panurge and Pantagruel debate the meaning of in ancient literary traditions in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Fourteen?
(a) Religious allusion.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Symbolism.
(d) Plot structure.

3. In Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Forty-four, Pantagruel tells a curious story about perplexity of what?
(a) War.
(b) Human judgments.
(c) Women.
(d) International government.

4. What plant does Pantagruel take with him in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Forty-nine?
(a) Gooseberry.
(b) Thaumaste.
(c) Pantagrueline.
(d) Wormwood.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Pantagruel see scrambling up trees as he and his men dine in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Thirty-five?

4. In Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Eleven, Epistemon explains why monks are readily found where?

5. Who utters obscure words in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Forty-five in the way of advice for Panurge?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who does Pantagruel suggest Panurge seek the advice of in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Fifteen?

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

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

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

9. What do Pantagruel and his men encounter at sea in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapters Seventeen and Eighteen?

10. What islands does Pantagruel pass in Fifth Book of Pantagruel: Chapters Nine through Eleven?

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