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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Gargantua: Introduction, To Readers, Prologue of the Author and Chapters 1-17 (p. 195-261).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Pantagruel send Carpalim in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-one?
(a) Orleans.
(b) Dipsodia.
(c) Paris.
(d) Amaurots.

2. What does the midwife administer to Gargantua's mother when she goes into labor?
(a) A constrictive.
(b) A poison.
(c) A pain killer.
(d) Milk.

3. 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) Solomon.
(c) Janotus.
(d) Epistemon.

4. In Pantagruel: Prologue, the author compared the novel to what literary genre?
(a) Medieval war tales.
(b) Medieval fairy tales.
(c) Non-fiction.
(d) Medieval romances.

5. What is made for Gargantua in Gargantua: Chapter Eleven?
(a) A dirt hut.
(b) A woven basket.
(c) A paper doll.
(d) A wooden horse.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Pantagruel learn have laid waste to Utopia in Pantagruel: Chapter Fifteen?

3. What does the name Pantagruel mean?

4. What does Pantagruel's father compose for Pantagruel's mother after his birth?

5. What colors are the livery Gargantua's father orders for Gargantua in Gargantua: Chapter Seven?

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