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

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

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

4. What English scholar comes to visit Pantagruel in Pantagruel: Chapter Thirteen?
(a) Solomon.
(b) Prince Charles.
(c) Panurge.
(d) Thaumaste.

5. Pantagruel: Introduction explains that this is the first edition of "Pantagruel" which was dated when?
(a) 1531 or 1532.
(b) 1522 or 1523.
(c) 1513 or 1514.
(d) 1515 or 1516.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where is Pantagruel sent to study in Pantagruel: Chapter 5?

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

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

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