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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. How many novels are contained in the collection "Gargantua and Pantagruel" by Francois Rabelais?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Seven.
(d) Eight.

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

3. It is written in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty-two that Gargantua spent rainy days attending what?
(a) Art museums.
(b) Public lectures.
(c) The theatre.
(d) Church.

4. What is the name of Gargantua's mother?
(a) Badebec
(b) Carpalim.
(c) Ponocrates.
(d) Gargamelle.

5. Who insists in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Five that though lending and borrowing is sometimes necessary, it should be used sparingly?
(a) Pantagruel.
(b) Carpalim.
(c) Panurge.
(d) Epistemon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Pantagruel's father?

2. Who does Pantagruel assign the castellany of Salmagundi in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Two?

3. Pantagruel refuses the offer given to him in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten because he believes such offices are like what?

4. In Gargantua: Chapter One, the author writes that Gargantua's lineage was uncovered in a meadow near what?

5. What occupation does Seraphin Calobarsy hold?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When does Gargantua leave Paris? Where does he go?

3. When was Gargantua written? What does To Readers suggest about the text?

4. Why is Braggart killed? Who kills him?

5. What is stated about the style and time period of the Third Book of Pantagruel in the Introduction?

6. Who attempts to get back the bells of Notre Dame in Gargantua: Chapter Eighteen? What is Gargantua's response?

7. What argument do Panurge and Pantagruel have about money in the Third Book of Pantagruel?

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

9. Describe Pantagruel's birth. Why did his father give him the name Pantagruel?

10. What does Pantagruel send the prisoner with to the king in Pantagruel: Chapter Eighteen? What does the king do?

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