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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 brings an action against the Sorbonnists in court in Gargantua: Chapter Nineteen?
(a) King Anarch.
(b) Epistemon.
(c) Panurge.
(d) Janotus.

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

3. What does Pantagruel receive instead of the office in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten?
(a) Wine.
(b) Cheese.
(c) Beer.
(d) Meats.

4. Who among Pantagruel's men has his neck slit in Pantagruel: Chapter Nineteen?
(a) Epistemon.
(b) Loup Garou.
(c) Carpalim.
(d) Almyrodes.

5. What does Gargantua's father ask him to do by letter in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty-six?
(a) Go to Paris.
(b) Go to London.
(c) Go to church.
(d) Come home.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who summons the inhabitants of the city to set fire to the Dipsodes' camp in Pantagruel: Chapter Eighteen?

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"?

4. In Pantagruel: Prologue, the author compared the novel to what literary genre?

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

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