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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Gargantua: Introduction, To Readers, Prologue of the Author and Chapters 1-17 (p. 195-261).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Panurge dress as a crier of green sauce in order to settle him into a trade in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-one?
(a) Janotus.
(b) King Anarch.
(c) Solomon.
(d) Epistemon.

2. What is made for Gargantua in Gargantua: Chapter Eleven?
(a) A dirt hut.
(b) A woven basket.
(c) A wooden horse.
(d) A paper doll.

3. What does Pantagruel cover his men with from the rain in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-two?
(a) His ear.
(b) His foot.
(c) His hair.
(d) His tongue.

4. Where is Pantagruel sent to study in Pantagruel: Chapter 5?
(a) Poitiers.
(b) Orleans.
(c) Paris.
(d) Bourges.

5. For how long is Gargantua's mother pregnant with Gargantua?
(a) Seventy days.
(b) Two years.
(c) One hundred weeks.
(d) Eleven months.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gargantua's father exclaim upon Gargantua's birth?

2. With whose wisdom is Pantagruel's compared in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten?

3. What is the name of Pantagruel's mother?

4. How many novels are contained in the collection "Gargantua and Pantagruel" by Francois Rabelais?

5. What position is offered to Pantagruel in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten?

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