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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. For how long is Gargantua's mother pregnant with Gargantua?

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

3. In Pantagruel: Prologue, the author compared the novel to what literary genre?

4. Who does Pantagruel assign the castellany of Salmagundi in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Two?

5. Who claims that many monks are lazy in Gargantua: Chapter Thirty-eight?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is stated about the style and time period of the Third Book of Pantagruel in the Introduction?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the Roman legal formulas presented in the Prologue of The Fourth Book of Pantagruel, as well as the works of Erasmus, Aesop, and Tiraqueau. Why does Rabelais comment on these authors in his introductions to the fourth novel?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the setting of "Pantagruel". During what time period does the story take place? How realistic are the locations and the people of the narrative?

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