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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. Where does Pantagruel's army march to take the entire kingdom by force in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-one?
(a) The Isle of Ennasin.
(b) Amaurots.
(c) Paris.
(d) Dipsodia.

2. Where do six pilgrims returning from Saint Sebastian's hide in Gargantua: Chapter Thirty-six?
(a) A lakeshore.
(b) A garden.
(c) A forest.
(d) A meadow.

3. What does Gargantua's father exclaim upon Gargantua's birth?
(a) "Que-petit-tu-as."
(b) "Que-grant-tu-as!"
(c) "Oh-la-la."
(d) "Che-mien-au-ju"

4. Pantagruel: Dixain was written by whom?
(a) Maitre Hughes Salel.
(b) Ulysses.
(c) Francois Rabelais.
(d) Almyrodes.

5. Where does Pantagruel stroll toward to seek recreation from his studies in Pantagruel: Chapter Eleven?
(a) The Faubourg Saint-Marcel.
(b) Poitiers.
(c) Orleans.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gargantua's father ask him to do by letter in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty-six?

2. What land does Pantagruel subdue in the beginning of Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter One?

3. What does the name Pantagruel mean?

4. What is made for Gargantua in Gargantua: Chapter Eleven?

5. How many generations of Pantagruel's genealogy are described in Pantagruel: Chapter One?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does King Picrochole do for revenge in Gargantua: Chapter Forty?

2. What land does Pantagruel subdue in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter One? Who does he give Salmaguni to?

3. Why is Braggart killed? Who kills him?

4. What is the response of the Amaurots to King Anarch's defeat?

5. How is Gargantua's childhood described in Gargantua: Chapter Ten?

6. What is sent to Gargantua in Gargantua: Chapter Fifteen? What does he do with the gift?

7. To whom is Pantagruel compared in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten? What office is offered him and why does he refuse it?

8. Who comes to test Pantagruel in Pantagruel: Chapter Thirteen? What happens?

9. Who does Panurge attempt to seduce in Pantagruel: Chapter Fourteen? What is his response?

10. Who does Pantagruel meet in Pantagruel: Chapter Nine? How is this character described?

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