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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 Gargantua's mother?
(a) Badebec
(b) Ponocrates.
(c) Gargamelle.
(d) Carpalim.

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

3. Who does Panurge dress as a crier of green sauce in order to settle him into a trade in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-one?
(a) Epistemon.
(b) Janotus.
(c) Solomon.
(d) King Anarch.

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

5. What English scholar comes to visit Pantagruel in Pantagruel: Chapter Thirteen?
(a) Prince Charles.
(b) Thaumaste.
(c) Solomon.
(d) Panurge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pantagruel cover his men with from the rain in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-two?

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

3. Where does Pantagruel's army march to take the entire kingdom by force in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-one?

4. What does Gargantua's father exclaim upon Gargantua's birth?

5. What is made for Gargantua in Gargantua: Chapter Eleven?

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