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

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

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

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

5. What is the name of the satirical poem in Gargantua: Chapter Two?
(a) "Antidoted Bubbles."
(b) "Healthful Drink."
(c) "Dangerous Brew."
(d) "Poison Foam."

Short Answer Questions

1. To what king does Pantagruel send the prisoner in Pantagruel: Chapter Eighteen?

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

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

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

5. Pantagruel: Dixain was written by whom?

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