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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. What does Pantagruel receive instead of the office in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten?
(a) Beer.
(b) Wine.
(c) Cheese.
(d) Meats.

2. How many men in copper spheres are sent into Pantagruel's stomach to dislodge a mountain of ordure in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-three?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Eight.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

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

4. What leader does Pantagruel challenge to single combat in Pantagruel: Chapter Nineteen?
(a) Loup Garou.
(b) Solomon.
(c) King Anarch.
(d) Carpalim.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Pantagruel's army march to take the entire kingdom by force in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-one?

2. Pantagruel: Dixain was written by whom?

3. What plagues Africa during Pantagruel's birth?

4. What does the name Pantagruel mean?

5. To what king does Pantagruel send the prisoner in Pantagruel: Chapter Eighteen?

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