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

2. What does the name Pantagruel mean?
(a) Cruel leader.
(b) All thirst.
(c) All love.
(d) Giant man.

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

4. What man with a Germanic tongue does Pantagruel meet in Pantagruel: Chapter Nine?
(a) Panurge.
(b) Ulysses.
(c) Hugh.
(d) Gargantua.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pantagruel intend to have a look at with his friend in Pantagruel: Chapter Eleven?

2. Where does Pantagruel's army march to take the entire kingdom by force in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-one?

3. Who does Pantagruel learn have laid waste to Utopia in Pantagruel: Chapter Fifteen?

4. What is the name of Pantagruel's mother?

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

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