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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. Pantagruel refuses the offer given to him in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten because he believes such offices are like what?
(a) Too high above him.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Priesthood.
(d) Vacations.

2. What does Gargantua's mother eat a lot of during her pregnancy in Gargantua: Chapter Four?
(a) Tripe.
(b) Croissants.
(c) Hog jowels.
(d) Cheese.

3. What does Gargantua's father exclaim upon Gargantua's birth?
(a) "Que-petit-tu-as."
(b) "Oh-la-la."
(c) "Que-grant-tu-as!"
(d) "Che-mien-au-ju"

4. What is the name of Gargantua's mother?
(a) Ponocrates.
(b) Carpalim.
(c) Gargamelle.
(d) Badebec

5. Where does Pantagruel's army march to take the entire kingdom by force in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-one?
(a) The Isle of Ennasin.
(b) Amaurots.
(c) Dipsodia.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-two, the people of Dipsodes surrender to Pantagruel, except for whom?

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

3. How many men in copper spheres are sent into Pantagruel's stomach to dislodge a mountain of ordure in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-three?

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

5. Who among Pantagruel's men has his neck slit in Pantagruel: Chapter Nineteen?

(see the answer key)

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