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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pantagruel: Chapters 18-23, Pantagrueline Prognostication for 1533 and Prefaces to Almanacs for 1533 and 1535 (p. 133-194).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many novels are contained in the collection "Gargantua and Pantagruel" by Francois Rabelais?
(a) Seven.
(b) Eight.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

3. Whose defeat does Carpalim announce to the city in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-one?
(a) Janotus'.
(b) Epistemon's
(c) King Anarch's.
(d) Solomon's.

4. How many generations of Pantagruel's genealogy are described in Pantagruel: Chapter One?
(a) Two.
(b) Ten.
(c) Eight.
(d) Sixty.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men in copper spheres are sent into Pantagruel's stomach to dislodge a mountain of ordure in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-three?

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

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

4. What does Pantagruel receive instead of the office in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten?

5. What is the name of Pantagruel's father?

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