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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Gargantua: Chapters 18-35 (p. 261-322).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the name Pantagruel mean?
(a) All love.
(b) Giant man.
(c) All thirst.
(d) Cruel leader.

2. What does Gargantua's father exclaim upon Gargantua's birth?
(a) "Oh-la-la."
(b) "Que-petit-tu-as."
(c) "Che-mien-au-ju"
(d) "Que-grant-tu-as!"

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

4. How many men in copper spheres are sent into Pantagruel's stomach to dislodge a mountain of ordure in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-three?
(a) Five.
(b) Eight.
(c) Three.
(d) Seventeen.

5. It is written in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty-two that Gargantua spent rainy days attending what?
(a) The theatre.
(b) Art museums.
(c) Church.
(d) Public lectures.

Short Answer 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?

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

3. In Gargantua: Chapter One, the author writes that Gargantua's lineage was uncovered by whom?

4. Where is Pantagruel sent to study in Pantagruel: Chapter 5?

5. Who does Panurge talk of having escaped because they wanted to roast him alive in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten?

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