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

2. What does Pantagruel's father compose for Pantagruel's mother after his birth?
(a) A poem.
(b) An epitaph.
(c) A note of appreciation.
(d) A symphony.

3. Pantagruel: Dixain was written by whom?
(a) Ulysses.
(b) Almyrodes.
(c) Francois Rabelais.
(d) Maitre Hughes Salel.

4. How many knights approach Pantagruel's vessel in Pantagruel: Chapter Sixteen?
(a) 660.
(b) 550.
(c) 1,200.
(d) 2,600.

5. Who does Panurge dress as a crier of green sauce in order to settle him into a trade in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-one?
(a) King Anarch.
(b) Janotus.
(c) Epistemon.
(d) Solomon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pantagruel cover his men with from the rain in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-two?

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

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

4. 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"?

5. Where does Pantagruel send Carpalim in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-one?

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