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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) Cepola.
(b) Rabelais.
(c) Gargantua.
(d) Badebec.

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

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

4. What does Pantagruel send the prisoner with to the king in Pantagruel: Chapter Eighteen?
(a) A peace flower.
(b) A special book.
(c) An olive branch.
(d) A concoction.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What position is offered to Pantagruel in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten?

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

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

4. What leader does Pantagruel challenge to single combat in Pantagruel: Chapter Nineteen?

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

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