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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Third Book of Pantagruel: Introduction states that the humanist type of this book was published in what year?
(a) 1533.
(b) 1546.
(c) 1517.
(d) 1532.
2. Of whom is it written, "if ever there was such a one in Paris, a felon, a cheat, a tippler, a loafer, a scrounger, but that apart, the nicest young lad in the world"?
(a) Solomon.
(b) Panurge.
(c) Thaumaste.
(d) Anarch.
3. Who summons the inhabitants of the city to set fire to the Dipsodes' camp in Pantagruel: Chapter Eighteen?
(a) Rabelais.
(b) King Anarch.
(c) Loup Garou.
(d) Carpalim.
4. What position does Ulrich Gallet hold in Gargantua?
(a) Master of Petitions.
(b) Merchant of the year.
(c) Prime Minister.
(d) Mayor.
5. In Gargantua: Chapter Thirty-one, le Comte Spandassaino and Captain Squirt use what to convince Picrochole to attack the cities and fortresses of Utopia?
(a) Flattery.
(b) Conviction.
(c) Passion.
(d) Lies.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many men in copper spheres are sent into Pantagruel's stomach to dislodge a mountain of ordure in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-three?
2. What does Pantagruel receive instead of the office in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten?
3. What leader does Pantagruel challenge to single combat in Pantagruel: Chapter Nineteen?
4. Whose defeat does Carpalim announce to the city in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-one?
5. What does the name Pantagruel mean?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the Introduction of Pantagruel reveal about the style and time period of the piece?
2. What is the subject of Gargantua: Chapters One through Five? What is suggested by Gargamelle's pregnancy?
3. What is sent to Gargantua in Gargantua: Chapter Fifteen? What does he do with the gift?
4. Who attempts to get back the bells of Notre Dame in Gargantua: Chapter Eighteen? What is Gargantua's response?
5. What dispute arises in Garganua's homeland in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty-three? Who begins an attack?
6. What does Gargantua build in Gargantua: Chapter Fifty? Why?
7. To whom is Pantagruel compared in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten? What office is offered him and why does he refuse it?
8. What did Rabelais write in his "Pantagrueline Prognostication for 1533"? What did he assure the reader?
9. When was Gargantua written? What does To Readers suggest about the text?
10. How is Gargantua's childhood described in Gargantua: Chapter Ten?
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