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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 does Pantagruel suggest Panurge seek the advice of in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Nineteen?
(a) Badebec.
(b) Nazdecabre.
(c) Thaumaste.
(d) Carpalim.

2. Who fails to satisfactorily advise Panurge whether or not to marry in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapters Thirty-five and Thirty-six?
(a) A historian.
(b) A librarian.
(c) A musician.
(d) A philosopher.

3. The hairy tribe of Procureers and Chicanous earn their living how?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Singing.
(c) Selling wheat.
(d) Being beaten.

4. Who tells Panurge that marriage is a matter fraught with risk in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-four?
(a) Thaumaste.
(b) Raminagrobis.
(c) Carpalim.
(d) Epistemon.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Introduction states that this book was written in what year?

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

3. Pantagruel purchases a series of tapestries depicting the life and deeds of whom in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Two?

4. Who does Pantagruel suggest Panurge take the advice from in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Thirty-seven?

5. Where does Bringuenarilles die from eating pots and pans due to a shortage of windmills?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What leads Pantagruel and Panurge to the Dive Bouteille?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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