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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 men in copper spheres are sent into Pantagruel's stomach to dislodge a mountain of ordure in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-three?
(a) Eight.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Seventeen.

2. Where is Pantagruel sent to study in Pantagruel: Chapter 5?
(a) Poitiers.
(b) Paris.
(c) Orleans.
(d) Bourges.

3. Who does Pantagruel learn have laid waste to Utopia in Pantagruel: Chapter Fifteen?
(a) The Turks.
(b) The Dipsodes.
(c) The Amazons.
(d) The English.

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

5. What is the name of Pantagruel's mother?
(a) Badebec.
(b) Gargantua.
(c) Abbaye.
(d) Cepola.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Pantagruel stroll toward to seek recreation from his studies in Pantagruel: Chapter Eleven?

3. What plagues Africa during Pantagruel's birth?

4. How many novels are contained in the collection "Gargantua and Pantagruel" by Francois Rabelais?

5. In Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-two, the people of Dipsodes surrender to Pantagruel, except for whom?

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