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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. Of whom is it written, "if ever there was such a one in Paris, a felon, a cheat, a tippler, a loafer, a scrounger, but that apart, the nicest young lad in the world"?
(a) Panurge.
(b) Anarch.
(c) Thaumaste.
(d) Solomon.

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

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

4. 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.

5. To what king does Pantagruel send the prisoner in Pantagruel: Chapter Eighteen?
(a) King Fasil.
(b) King Blaine.
(c) King Anarch.
(d) King Bodum.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who summons the inhabitants of the city to set fire to the Dipsodes' camp in Pantagruel: Chapter Eighteen?

3. What man with a Germanic tongue does Pantagruel meet in Pantagruel: Chapter Nine?

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

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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