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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 Pantagruel suggest Panurge take the advice from in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Thirty-seven?

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

3. What does Pantagruel see scrambling up trees as he and his men dine in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Thirty-five?

4. Where do Pantagruel and his men see the hairy tribe of Procureers and Chicanous?

5. What does Pantagruel interpret Panurge's dream to mean in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Fourteen?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What leads Pantagruel and Panurge to the Dive Bouteille?

3. Who is the character of Catty-Claws? What riddle does he ask?

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

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

6. What do the tribe of Procureers and Chicanous do for a living? What story does Panurge relate of them?

7. What does the physician suggest to Panurge in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Thirty-three? What about the philosopher?

8. Who does Panurge buy a sheep from in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Six? What incident follows?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Describe the the central character of Gargantua. How does Gargantua's childhood relate to the character of Pantagruel's? How are the characters similar and different?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the setting of "Pantagruel". During what time period does the story take place? How realistic are the locations and the people of the narrative?

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