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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 is Pantagruel greeted oddly by the natives in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Nine?
(a) Procuration.
(b) Paris.
(c) The Isle of Ennasin.
(d) Tapinois.

2. In Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapters Sixty-one and Sixty-two, Gaster describes how he invented the art of remaining untouched and unwounded by what when attacked by enemies?
(a) Sword thrusts.
(b) Bullets.
(c) Poison.
(d) Cannon-balls.

3. Who does Pantagruel send to learn the reason for the Chidlings animosity in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Forty-one?
(a) Panurge.
(b) Epistemon.
(c) Carpalim.
(d) Badebec.

4. What is the name of the hermit who greets Pantagruel's ships in Fifth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter One?
(a) Messer Gaster.
(b) Braguibus.
(c) Quaremeprenant.
(d) Catty-Claws.

5. Who tells Pantagruel and his men how miracles are produced by the Decretals in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapters Fifty-one through Fifty-three?
(a) Solomon.
(b) Homenaz.
(c) Panurge.
(d) King Anarch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who utters obscure words in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Forty-five in the way of advice for Panurge?

2. Pantagruel denounces both the Gastrolaters and who in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Fifty-eight?

3. Where does Pantagruel sail for in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-nine?

4. When Pantagruel's ship lands on the Isle of the Macraeons in order to repair their ship, Pantagruel asks whom the reason for the storm?

5. Who points out the land where Quaremeprenant reigns in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-nine?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When was the Fifth Book of Pantagruel published? What is said about it in the Introductions and Prologue?

3. What do Pantagruel and his men hear at sea in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Fifty-five? What becomes of the sound?

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

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

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

7. What is described of Gaster in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapters Fifty-nine and Sixty?

8. What hearing does Pantagruel attend in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Thirty-eight? What is revealed there?

9. Where does Pantagruel travel in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapters Seven through Ten?

10. Who does Pantagruel suggest Panurge seek the advice of in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Fifteen?

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