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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. What position does Ulrich Gallet hold in Gargantua?
(a) Prime Minister.
(b) Merchant of the year.
(c) Master of Petitions.
(d) Mayor.

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

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

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) Solomon.
(b) Panurge.
(c) Thaumaste.
(d) Anarch.

5. What does Pantagruel intend to have a look at with his friend in Pantagruel: Chapter Eleven?
(a) La Follie-Gobelin.
(b) Dipsodes' camp.
(c) The walls of Paris.
(d) Pygmies.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who insists in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Five that though lending and borrowing is sometimes necessary, it should be used sparingly?

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

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

5. Who addresses Gargantua to explain the importance of the bells in Gargantua: Chapter Eighteen?

(see the answer key)

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