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

2. Who among Pantagruel's men has his neck slit in Pantagruel: Chapter Nineteen?
(a) Epistemon.
(b) Almyrodes.
(c) Loup Garou.
(d) Carpalim.

3. What position is offered to Pantagruel in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten?
(a) Receiver of Petitions and President of Court.
(b) Receiver of Petitions.
(c) President of Petitions.
(d) President of Court.

4. Who does Panurge dress as a crier of green sauce in order to settle him into a trade in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-one?
(a) Solomon.
(b) Janotus.
(c) Epistemon.
(d) King Anarch.

5. What is the name of Pantagruel's mother?
(a) Cepola.
(b) Abbaye.
(c) Badebec.
(d) Gargantua.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Gargantua: Chapter One, the author writes that Gargantua's lineage was uncovered in a meadow near what?

2. What man with a Germanic tongue does Pantagruel meet in Pantagruel: Chapter Nine?

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

4. What is the name of Pantagruel's father?

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

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