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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 does Pantagruel receive instead of the office in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten?
(a) Beer.
(b) Meats.
(c) Wine.
(d) Cheese.

2. Who summons the inhabitants of the city to set fire to the Dipsodes' camp in Pantagruel: Chapter Eighteen?
(a) Carpalim.
(b) Loup Garou.
(c) Rabelais.
(d) King Anarch.

3. What plagues Africa during Pantagruel's birth?
(a) A drought.
(b) Tsunamis.
(c) Earthquakes.
(d) Bubonic plague.

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

5. Pantagruel refuses the offer given to him in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten because he believes such offices are like what?
(a) Too high above him.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Priesthood.
(d) Vacations.

Short Answer Questions

1. What English scholar comes to visit Pantagruel in Pantagruel: Chapter Thirteen?

2. To what king does Pantagruel send the prisoner in Pantagruel: Chapter Eighteen?

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

4. With whose wisdom is Pantagruel's compared in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten?

5. Whose defeat does Carpalim announce to the city in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-one?

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