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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 Panurge talk of having escaped because they wanted to roast him alive in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten?

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

3. Who claims "those who are not very bright could never spend so much in so short a time" in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Two?

4. Who summons the inhabitants of the city to set fire to the Dipsodes' camp in Pantagruel: Chapter Eighteen?

5. Who insists in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Five that there would be harmony in a world where all men are both debtors and borrowers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Introduction of Pantagruel reveal about the style and time period of the piece?

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

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

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

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

6. What dispute arises in Garganua's homeland in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty-three? Who begins an attack?

7. Why is Braggart killed? Who kills him?

8. Who does Pantagruel challenge to combat in Pantagruel: Chapter Nineteen? What is the conclusion of the battle?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the plot structure of the Third Book of Pantagruel, delineating the exposition, rising action, climax and denouement. Where are the main characters at the end of the novel? Is there suspense as to what will happen next?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss the critical and public response of "Pantagruel". What does Rabelais write in his introductions to "Gargantua" that implies the first novel was controversial? Was it?

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