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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. Who does Pantagruel suggest Panurge take the advice from in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Thirty-seven?

2. Who comes on a ship in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Three to report on Pantagruel's circumstances?

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

4. The hermit who greets Pantagruel's ships in Fifth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter One subjects the men to what before admitting them to the island?

5. Fourth Book of Pantagruel: The Royal Privilege gives the right to reprint the story to whom?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Who is the character of Catty-Claws? What riddle does he ask?

8. What do Pantagruel and his men find on the Island of Papefigues?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define and identify literary and religious allusion in the narrative. What allusion does Rabelais make of Christianity in the reading? How does Pantagruel's story reflect that of Aeneas in "The Aeneid"?

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 Panurge in the narrative. What role does Panurge play to Pantagruel's protagonist role? What qualities does the character exhibit?

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