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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. Pantagruel attends a hearing judged by whom in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Thirty-eight?

2. What island do Pantagruel's ships reach in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Sixty-three?

3. What did the wife in Panurge's dream put on his head in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Fourteen?

4. What is the name of the hermit who greets Pantagruel's ships in Fifth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter One?

5. Pantagruel purchases a series of tapestries depicting the life and deeds of whom in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Two?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Pantagruel in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter One? Where does he depart?

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

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

4. What islands does Pantagruel pass in Fifth Book of Pantagruel: Chapters Nine through Eleven?

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

6. What do Pantagruel and his men find on Ringing Island in Fifth Book of Pantagruel: Chapters One and Two?

7. What do Pantagruel and his men encounter at sea in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapters Seventeen and Eighteen?

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

9. What does the physician suggest to Panurge in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Thirty-three? What about the philosopher?

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 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 allusions to Virgil, Lucian, Plato and Cicero in the narrative. Why does Pantagruel suggest Panurge refer to Virgil for his answer about marriage?

Essay Topic 3

Define the literary element of "theme." How is the theme of education manifested in "Gargantua"? What position does Rabelais take on education in the narrative?

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