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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. What gives permission to the king to print and sell Rabelais' book as written in Third Book of Pantagruel: Introduction?
(a) The King's Power.
(b) The King's Privilege.
(c) The Royal Prerogative.
(d) The King's Greed.

2. Who asks why many men avoid monks in Gargantua: Chapter Thirty-eight?
(a) Epistemon.
(b) Eudemon.
(c) Carpalim.
(d) King Anarch.

3. Who does Pantagruel ask to parley with in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Forty-two?
(a) Epistemon.
(b) King Anarch.
(c) Lady Niphleseth.
(d) Jean Audeau.

4. Who tells Panurge that marriage is a matter fraught with risk in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-four?
(a) Carpalim.
(b) Thaumaste.
(c) Epistemon.
(d) Raminagrobis.

5. Whose reputation grows after winning the dispute against the Englishman in Pantagruel: Chapter Fourteen?
(a) Frere Jean's.
(b) Panurge's.
(c) Thaumaste's.
(d) Gargantua's.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapters Fifty-nine and Sixty tell of how the Gastrolaters worship Gaster as their what?

3. The Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Introduction states that this book was written in what year?

4. What do Pantagruel and his men bestow on Homenaz before leaving in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Fifty-four?

5. Gargantua: Introduction informs that this is the first known edition of "Gargantua" and was written early in what year?

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