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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. Who summons the inhabitants of the city to set fire to the Dipsodes' camp in Pantagruel: Chapter Eighteen?
(a) Loup Garou.
(b) Carpalim.
(c) King Anarch.
(d) Rabelais.

2. What is the name of Pantagruel's mother?
(a) Gargantua.
(b) Abbaye.
(c) Cepola.
(d) Badebec.

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

4. What man with a Germanic tongue does Pantagruel meet in Pantagruel: Chapter Nine?
(a) Ulysses.
(b) Hugh.
(c) Gargantua.
(d) Panurge.

5. In Pantagruel: Prologue, the author compared the novel to what literary genre?
(a) Non-fiction.
(b) Medieval fairy tales.
(c) Medieval romances.
(d) Medieval war tales.

Short Answer Questions

1. What leader does Pantagruel challenge to single combat in Pantagruel: Chapter Nineteen?

2. Pantagruel: Introduction explains that this is the first edition of "Pantagruel" which was dated when?

3. What English scholar comes to visit Pantagruel in Pantagruel: Chapter Thirteen?

4. Where does Pantagruel stroll toward to seek recreation from his studies in Pantagruel: Chapter Eleven?

5. What colors are the livery Gargantua's father orders for Gargantua in Gargantua: Chapter Seven?

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