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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. In Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Forty-four, Pantagruel tells a curious story about perplexity of what?

2. In Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Forty-eight, Gargantua wishes who will marry but not without his parents' consent?

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

4. What comedy of cruelty does Panurge describe in Pantagruel: Chapters Thirteen through Sixteen?

5. Who tells Pantagruel and his men how miracles are produced by the Decretals in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapters Fifty-one through Fifty-three?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who does Pantagruel suggest Panurge seek the advice of in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Fifteen?

4. What do the inhabitants of Ruach ingest? What conversation does Pantagruel have with their king?

5. When was the Fourth Book of Pantagruel written? What introductions precede it?

6. Where does Pantagruel set out in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapters Twenty-eight through Thirty?

7. Who does Panurge buy a sheep from in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Six? What incident follows?

8. What does Pantagruel speak of in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapters Forty-three and Forty-four?

9. What takes place in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapters Sixty-six through the end of the novel?

10. Who discusses the Decretals with Pantagruel? What is related of them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the critical and public response of "Pantagruel". What does Rabelais write in his introductions to "Gargantua" that implies the first novel was controversial? Was it?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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