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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 man with a Germanic tongue does Pantagruel meet in Pantagruel: Chapter Nine?
(a) Hugh.
(b) Panurge.
(c) Gargantua.
(d) Ulysses.

2. Where does Pantagruel send Carpalim in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-one?
(a) Dipsodia.
(b) Paris.
(c) Amaurots.
(d) Orleans.

3. What does the midwife administer to Gargantua's mother when she goes into labor?
(a) A pain killer.
(b) A constrictive.
(c) A poison.
(d) Milk.

4. Who does Panurge talk of having escaped because they wanted to roast him alive in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten?
(a) The Turks.
(b) The Italians.
(c) The English.
(d) The Russians.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the name Pantagruel mean?

2. What does Pantagruel intend to have a look at with his friend in Pantagruel: Chapter Eleven?

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

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