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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What plagues Africa during Pantagruel's birth?

2. Where does Pantagruel stroll toward to seek recreation from his studies in Pantagruel: Chapter Eleven?

3. What leader does Pantagruel challenge to single combat in Pantagruel: Chapter Nineteen?

4. Who insists in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Five that there would be harmony in a world where all men are both debtors and borrowers?

5. Pantagruel refuses the offer given to him in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten because he believes such offices are like what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What land does Pantagruel subdue in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter One? Who does he give Salmaguni to?

2. When does Gargantua leave Paris? Where does he go?

3. Who does Pantagruel meet in Pantagruel: Chapter Nine? How is this character described?

4. What does Gargantua attempt to devote himself to in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty? Who assists him?

5. What is the response of the Amaurots to King Anarch's defeat?

6. Who comes to test Pantagruel in Pantagruel: Chapter Thirteen? What happens?

7. Who does Panurge attempt to seduce in Pantagruel: Chapter Fourteen? What is his response?

8. What does the Introduction of Pantagruel reveal about the style and time period of the piece?

9. Describe Pantagruel's birth. Why did his father give him the name Pantagruel?

10. What argument do Panurge and Pantagruel have about money in the Third Book of Pantagruel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define and identify literary and religious allusion in the narrative. What allusion does Rabelais make of Christianity in the reading? How does Pantagruel's story reflect that of Aeneas in "The Aeneid"?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Rabelais and his relationship to Christianity. What criticisms of the Church can be found in Gargantua: Chapters Thirty-six through Forty-two? Why does Rabelais cite the Seven Psalms and Absalom?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the plot structure of the Third Book of Pantagruel, delineating the exposition, rising action, climax and denouement. Where are the main characters at the end of the novel? Is there suspense as to what will happen next?

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