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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 plagues Africa during Pantagruel's birth?
(a) Tsunamis.
(b) Bubonic plague.
(c) Earthquakes.
(d) A drought.

2. In Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-two, the people of Dipsodes surrender to Pantagruel, except for whom?
(a) King Anarch.
(b) Panurge.
(c) Epistemon.
(d) Almyrodes.

3. To what king does Pantagruel send the prisoner in Pantagruel: Chapter Eighteen?
(a) King Anarch.
(b) King Bodum.
(c) King Blaine.
(d) King Fasil.

4. What does the name Pantagruel mean?
(a) Giant man.
(b) Cruel leader.
(c) All thirst.
(d) All love.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Who does Panurge dress as a crier of green sauce in order to settle him into a trade in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-one?

5. Who summons the inhabitants of the city to set fire to the Dipsodes' camp in Pantagruel: Chapter Eighteen?

(see the answer key)

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