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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. It is written in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty-two that Gargantua spent rainy days attending what?

2. Who consults Seraphin Calobarsy to set Gargantua on a better path in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty-one?

3. What does one of the pilgrims' staff hit, causing Gargantua to spit them out in Gargantua: Chapter Thirty-six?

4. What does Gargantua's mother eat a lot of during her pregnancy in Gargantua: Chapter Four?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Gargantua accidentally swallow in Gargantua: Chapter Thirty-six?

2. What does Pantagruel think of Panurge at the onset of their friendship? How does the narrator describe Panurge in Pantagruel: Chapter Twelve?

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

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

5. Where is Pantagruel sent in Pantagruel: Chapter Five? What are his impressions of study?

6. What does Gargantua attempt to devote himself to in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty? Who assists him?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define the literary element of "theme." How is the theme of education manifested in "Gargantua"? What position does Rabelais take on education in the narrative?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the Roman legal formulas presented in the Prologue of The Fourth Book of Pantagruel, as well as the works of Erasmus, Aesop, and Tiraqueau. Why does Rabelais comment on these authors in his introductions to the fourth novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the allusions to Virgil, Lucian, Plato and Cicero in the narrative. Why does Pantagruel suggest Panurge refer to Virgil for his answer about marriage?

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