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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) Giant man.
(b) All love.
(c) Cruel leader.
(d) All thirst.

2. With whose wisdom is Pantagruel's compared in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten?
(a) Solomon.
(b) Moses.
(c) Mohammed.
(d) Jesus.

3. Who kills many of the enemy when he sees them stealing the grapes that the monastery uses for an entire year of wine in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty-five?
(a) Badebec.
(b) Magister Janotus de Bragmardo.
(c) Frere Jean des Entommeures.
(d) Solomon.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the satirical poem in Gargantua: Chapter Two?

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

3. What does Gargantua's father ask him to do by letter in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty-six?

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

5. Whose reputation grows after winning the dispute against the Englishman in Pantagruel: Chapter Fourteen?

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