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

2. Panurge and his compatriots discuss the fact that women desire what in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Thirty-four?
(a) Forbidden things.
(b) Chocolate.
(c) God-like men.
(d) Great warriors.

3. In Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Thirty-six, Pantagruel summons the marines aboard his vessels, Colonel Poke-Banger and who?
(a) Colonel Spoilchidling.
(b) Colonel Farouche.
(c) Colonel Medamothi.
(d) Colonel Bacbuc.

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

5. In Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapters Sixty-one and Sixty-two, Gaster describes how he invented the art of remaining untouched and unwounded by what when attacked by enemies?
(a) Bullets.
(b) Cannon-balls.
(c) Sword thrusts.
(d) Poison.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Homenaz give Pantagruel and his men in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Fifty-four?

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

3. Near what island do Pantagruel's ships sail in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Sixty-six?

4. In Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Forty-four, Pantagruel tells a curious story about perplexity of what?

5. Who does Panurge describe at Panzoust who foretells all things to come in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Fifteen?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What hearing does Pantagruel attend in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Thirty-eight? What is revealed there?

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

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

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

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