View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapters 51-67 (p. 810-872).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many knights approach Pantagruel's vessel in Pantagruel: Chapter Sixteen?
(a) 660.
(b) 1,200.
(c) 2,600.
(d) 550.

3. In Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-two, the people of Dipsodes surrender to Pantagruel, except for whom?
(a) Epistemon.
(b) Panurge.
(c) Almyrodes.
(d) King Anarch.

4. Who insists in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Five that there would be harmony in a world where all men are both debtors and borrowers?
(a) Panurge.
(b) Gargantua.
(c) Jean Audeau.
(d) King Anarch.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What plagues Africa during Pantagruel's birth?

2. Panurge suggests making the decision of whether or not to marry in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Eleven by doing what?

3. Who orders his men to march against the shepherds of Utopia in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty-four?

4. Who does Panurge talk of having escaped because they wanted to roast him alive in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten?

5. How many generations of Pantagruel's genealogy are described in Pantagruel: Chapter One?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 210 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample