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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 is the name of Pantagruel's father?
(a) Gargantua.
(b) Cepola.
(c) Badebec.
(d) Rabelais.

2. For how long is Gargantua's mother pregnant with Gargantua?
(a) Seventy days.
(b) Eleven months.
(c) One hundred weeks.
(d) Two years.

3. Pantagruel: Introduction explains that this is the first edition of "Pantagruel" which was dated when?
(a) 1531 or 1532.
(b) 1522 or 1523.
(c) 1513 or 1514.
(d) 1515 or 1516.

4. What leader does Pantagruel challenge to single combat in Pantagruel: Chapter Nineteen?
(a) King Anarch.
(b) Solomon.
(c) Loup Garou.
(d) Carpalim.

5. What is the name of Gargantua's father?
(a) Magister Janotus de Bragmardo.
(b) Ponocrates.
(c) Grandgousier.
(d) Janotus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Pantagruel's mother?

2. What man with a Germanic tongue does Pantagruel meet in Pantagruel: Chapter Nine?

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

4. Pantagruel refuses the offer given to him in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten because he believes such offices are like what?

5. Whose defeat does Carpalim announce to the city in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-one?

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