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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapters 33-52 (pages 536-614).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Panurge talk of having escaped because they wanted to roast him alive in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten?
(a) The English.
(b) The Turks.
(c) The Russians.
(d) The Italians.

2. 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?
(a) Solomon.
(b) Thaumaste.
(c) Frere Jean.
(d) Panurge.

3. What plant does Pantagruel take with him in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Forty-nine?
(a) Pantagrueline.
(b) Thaumaste.
(c) Gooseberry.
(d) Wormwood.

4. What English scholar comes to visit Pantagruel in Pantagruel: Chapter Thirteen?
(a) Thaumaste.
(b) Solomon.
(c) Panurge.
(d) Prince Charles.

5. Who insists in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Five that though lending and borrowing is sometimes necessary, it should be used sparingly?
(a) Epistemon.
(b) Carpalim.
(c) Pantagruel.
(d) Panurge.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Forty-four, Pantagruel tells a curious story about perplexity of what?

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

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

4. What occupation does Seraphin Calobarsy hold?

5. In Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Forty-eight, Gargantua wishes who will marry but not without his parents' consent?

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