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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. The narrator explains that what should not be hated by humans in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Thirty-eight?
(a) Giants.
(b) Elves.
(c) Cats.
(d) Chidlings.

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

3. What beast does Pantagruel see near Ile Farouche in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Thirty-three?
(a) Cyclops.
(b) Chidlings.
(c) Medusa.
(d) Physeter.

4. What does Panurge stand by the galley with to prevent the shepherds from saving themselves in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Eight?
(a) A gun.
(b) A broom.
(c) An oar.
(d) A sword.

5. Where is Pantagruel greeted oddly by the natives in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Nine?
(a) Paris.
(b) Tapinois.
(c) Procuration.
(d) The Isle of Ennasin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What comedy of cruelty does Panurge describe in Pantagruel: Chapters Thirteen through Sixteen?

2. What does Pantagruel cast on deck but not allow his men to preserve in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Fifty-five?

3. In Fifth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Seven, Panurge tells Aedituus the fable of the ass who renounces the what?

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

5. Who says in the Fifth Book of Pantagruel, "in this world, there are more bollocks than men"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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