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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapters 51-67 (p. 810-872).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does one of the pilgrims' staff hit, causing Gargantua to spit them out in Gargantua: Chapter Thirty-six?
(a) His stomach lining.
(b) His throat.
(c) A cavity.
(d) His bowels.

2. Panurge suggests making the decision of whether or not to marry in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Eleven by doing what?
(a) Using cards.
(b) Talking to a fortune teller.
(c) Throwing dice.
(d) Reading Virgil.

3. With whom does Panurge share a discussion about a monastical cabbala concerning salted beef in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Fifteen?
(a) Gargantua.
(b) King Anarch.
(c) Frere Jean.
(d) Panurge.

4. What is the name of Pantagruel's ship in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter One?
(a) The Thalamege.
(b) The Carthanan.
(c) The Gargantua.
(d) The Dipsody.

5. The Queen of Cheli and all of her court kiss Pantagruel and his men, except for whom, in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Ten?
(a) King Anarch.
(b) Frere Jean.
(c) King Panigon.
(d) Panurge.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Gargantua: Chapter Thirty-one, le Comte Spandassaino and Captain Squirt use what to convince Picrochole to attack the cities and fortresses of Utopia?

2. How many men in copper spheres are sent into Pantagruel's stomach to dislodge a mountain of ordure in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-three?

3. Who orders his men to march against the shepherds of Utopia in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty-four?

4. Where does Bringuenarilles die from eating pots and pans due to a shortage of windmills?

5. Third Book of Pantagruel: Introduction states that the humanist type of this book was published in what year?

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