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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. How many generations of Pantagruel's genealogy are described in Pantagruel: Chapter One?

2. What does Gargantua's father exclaim upon Gargantua's birth?

3. To what king does Pantagruel send the prisoner in Pantagruel: Chapter Eighteen?

4. In Gargantua: Chapter One, the author writes that Gargantua's lineage was uncovered in a meadow near what?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the subject of Gargantua: Chapters One through Five? What is suggested by Gargamelle's pregnancy?

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

4. What does Pantagruel send the prisoner with to the king in Pantagruel: Chapter Eighteen? What does the king do?

5. What does Gargantua build in Gargantua: Chapter Fifty? Why?

6. What does Pantagruel think of Panurge at the onset of their friendship? How does the narrator describe Panurge in Pantagruel: Chapter Twelve?

7. Who attempts to get back the bells of Notre Dame in Gargantua: Chapter Eighteen? What is Gargantua's response?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss humanist law and philosophy, and the arguments presented in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapters Thirty-three through Forty-four. How does Bridoye define law?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the character of Pantagruel and identify the characteristics which make him the protagonist of the novel. What qualities does Pantagruel exhibit?

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