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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. Third Book of Pantagruel: Introduction states that the humanist type of this book was published in what year?
(a) 1533.
(b) 1517.
(c) 1532.
(d) 1546.

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

3. Who utters obscure words in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Forty-five in the way of advice for Panurge?
(a) Thaumaste.
(b) Solomon.
(c) Triboullet.
(d) Badebec.

4. Of whom is it written, "if ever there was such a one in Paris, a felon, a cheat, a tippler, a loafer, a scrounger, but that apart, the nicest young lad in the world"?
(a) Panurge.
(b) Anarch.
(c) Solomon.
(d) Thaumaste.

5. What is the name of Gargantua's mother?
(a) Carpalim.
(b) Ponocrates.
(c) Gargamelle.
(d) Badebec

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Panurge cease to wear in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Seven?

2. What does Gargantua's mother eat a lot of during her pregnancy in Gargantua: Chapter Four?

3. What does Gargantua attempt to devote himself to in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty?

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

5. Panurge and his compatriots discuss the fact that women desire what in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Thirty-four?

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