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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 does Gargantua attempt to devote himself to in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty?
(a) Chess.
(b) Play.
(c) Work.
(d) Study.

2. Panurge and his compatriots discuss the fact that women desire what in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Thirty-four?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) God-like men.
(c) Forbidden things.
(d) Great warriors.

3. Who does Pantagruel learn have laid waste to Utopia in Pantagruel: Chapter Fifteen?
(a) The Turks.
(b) The Amazons.
(c) The Dipsodes.
(d) The English.

4. What position is offered to Pantagruel in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten?
(a) President of Court.
(b) Receiver of Petitions and President of Court.
(c) President of Petitions.
(d) Receiver of Petitions.

5. Pantagruel refuses the offer given to him in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten because he believes such offices are like what?
(a) Priesthood.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Too high above him.
(d) Vacations.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Pantagruel receive instead of the office in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten?

3. Third Book of Pantagruel: Introduction states that the humanist type of this book was published by whom?

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

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

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