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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. How many novels are contained in the collection "Gargantua and Pantagruel" by Francois Rabelais?
(a) Five.
(b) Seven.
(c) Three.
(d) Eight.

2. What is the name of Gargantua's father?
(a) Magister Janotus de Bragmardo.
(b) Ponocrates.
(c) Grandgousier.
(d) Janotus.

3. What man with a Germanic tongue does Pantagruel meet in Pantagruel: Chapter Nine?
(a) Hugh.
(b) Panurge.
(c) Ulysses.
(d) Gargantua.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many generations of Pantagruel's genealogy are described in Pantagruel: Chapter One?

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

3. Who does Panurge dress as a crier of green sauce in order to settle him into a trade in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-one?

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

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

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