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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. Who consults Seraphin Calobarsy to set Gargantua on a better path in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty-one?

2. Pantagruel: Introduction explains that this is the first edition of "Pantagruel" which was dated when?

3. Panurge suggests making the decision of whether or not to marry in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Eleven by doing what?

4. How many men in copper spheres are sent into Pantagruel's stomach to dislodge a mountain of ordure in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-three?

5. Who brings an action against the Sorbonnists in court in Gargantua: Chapter Nineteen?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does King Picrochole do for revenge in Gargantua: Chapter Forty?

4. To whom is Pantagruel compared in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten? What office is offered him and why does he refuse it?

5. What does Panurge ask Pantagruel's advice about in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Nine? What discussion follows?

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

7. When was Gargantua written? What does To Readers suggest about the text?

8. Who does Pantagruel challenge to combat in Pantagruel: Chapter Nineteen? What is the conclusion of the battle?

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

10. What did Rabelais write in his "Pantagrueline Prognostication for 1533"? What did he assure the reader?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the character of Panurge in the narrative. What role does Panurge play to Pantagruel's protagonist role? What qualities does the character exhibit?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Describe the the central character of Gargantua. How does Gargantua's childhood relate to the character of Pantagruel's? How are the characters similar and different?

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