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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) Amaurots.
(b) Dipsodia.
(c) Orleans.
(d) Paris.

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

3. What does Pantagruel intend to have a look at with his friend in Pantagruel: Chapter Eleven?
(a) The walls of Paris.
(b) Dipsodes' camp.
(c) Pygmies.
(d) La Follie-Gobelin.

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

5. Pantagruel: Introduction explains that this is the first edition of "Pantagruel" which was dated when?
(a) 1515 or 1516.
(b) 1531 or 1532.
(c) 1513 or 1514.
(d) 1522 or 1523.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is made for Gargantua in Gargantua: Chapter Eleven?

2. What is the name of Pantagruel's mother?

3. Gargantua: Introduction informs that this is the first known edition of "Gargantua" and was written early in what year?

4. How many knights approach Pantagruel's vessel in Pantagruel: Chapter Sixteen?

5. For how long is Gargantua's mother pregnant with Gargantua?

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