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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 mother?
(a) Abbaye.
(b) Gargantua.
(c) Cepola.
(d) Badebec.

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

3. What does Pantagruel cover his men with from the rain in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-two?
(a) His foot.
(b) His ear.
(c) His tongue.
(d) His hair.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Pantagruel: Introduction explains that this is the first edition of "Pantagruel" which was dated when?

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

3. What does Pantagruel send the prisoner with to the king in Pantagruel: Chapter Eighteen?

4. In Pantagruel: Prologue, the author compared the novel to what literary genre?

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

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