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

2. Who does Pantagruel learn have laid waste to Utopia in Pantagruel: Chapter Fifteen?
(a) The Dipsodes.
(b) The English.
(c) The Turks.
(d) The Amazons.

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

4. Of whom is it written, "if ever there was such a one in Paris, a felon, a cheat, a tippler, a loafer, a scrounger, but that apart, the nicest young lad in the world"?
(a) Anarch.
(b) Thaumaste.
(c) Solomon.
(d) Panurge.

5. In Gargantua: Chapter One, the author writes that Gargantua's lineage was uncovered by whom?
(a) Janotus.
(b) Magister Janotus de Bragmardo.
(c) Almyrodes.
(d) Jean Audeau.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many novels are contained in the collection "Gargantua and Pantagruel" by Francois Rabelais?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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