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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. Ringing Island was once inhabited by Siticines but they were transfigured into what?

2. What does Homenaz give Pantagruel and his men in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Fifty-four?

3. The narrator explains that what should not be hated by humans in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Thirty-eight?

4. Where do Pantagruel and his men land in Fifth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter One?

5. What does Pantagruel cast on deck but not allow his men to preserve in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Fifty-five?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Pantagruel travel in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapters Seven through Ten?

2. Who does Pantagruel convince Panurge to see in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Nineteen?

3. With whom does Pantagruel almost fight in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Five? What happens?

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

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

6. What ship arrives in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Three? Why?

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 find on Ringing Island in Fifth Book of Pantagruel: Chapters One and Two?

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

10. What do Pantagruel and his men hear at sea in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Fifty-five? What becomes of the sound?

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 war which erupts between Lerne and Utopia, and the characters of King Picrochole, and Frere Jean. In what ways is Rabelais satirizing Christianity through the character of Frere Jean?

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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