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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 tells Pantagruel and his men how miracles are produced by the Decretals in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapters Fifty-one through Fifty-three?
(a) Solomon.
(b) Panurge.
(c) Homenaz.
(d) King Anarch.

2. The Fifth Book of Pantagruel: Introduction states that this book was published how many years after Rabelais' death?
(a) Eleven.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Five.
(d) Eight.

3. What do Pantagruel and his men bestow on Homenaz before leaving in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Fifty-four?
(a) Platinum.
(b) Silver.
(c) Gold.
(d) Bronze.

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

5. Where does Bringuenarilles die from eating pots and pans due to a shortage of windmills?
(a) Paris.
(b) The islands of Tohu and Bohu.
(c) Tapinois and Artois.
(d) Amaurots.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pantagruel denounces both the Gastrolaters and who in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Fifty-eight?

2. Pantagruel attends a hearing judged by whom in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Thirty-eight?

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

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

5. The Fifth Book of Pantagruel: Introduction states that this book was published in what year?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What ship arrives in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Three? Why?

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

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