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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. How many men in copper spheres are sent into Pantagruel's stomach to dislodge a mountain of ordure in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-three?
(a) Three.
(b) Eight.
(c) Seventeen.
(d) Five.

2. Third Book of Pantagruel: Introduction states that the humanist type of this book was published by whom?
(a) Frere Jean.
(b) Chretien Wechel of Paris.
(c) Braggart.
(d) King Anarch.

3. What did the wife in Panurge's dream put on his head in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Fourteen?
(a) A hat.
(b) A bag.
(c) A crown.
(d) Horns.

4. Panurge begs who to sell him a sheep in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapters Six and Seven?
(a) Epistemon.
(b) Dindenault.
(c) Gargantua.
(d) Carpalim.

5. Who asks why many men avoid monks in Gargantua: Chapter Thirty-eight?
(a) Epistemon.
(b) Eudemon.
(c) King Anarch.
(d) Carpalim.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Gargantua's father?

2. What plant does Pantagruel take with him in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Forty-nine?

3. Gargantua: Introduction informs that this is the first known edition of "Gargantua" and was written early in what year?

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

5. What does Pantagruel's father compose for Pantagruel's mother after his birth?

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