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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 colors are the livery Gargantua's father orders for Gargantua in Gargantua: Chapter Seven?
(a) Blue and orange.
(b) Black and tan.
(c) Blue and white.
(d) Green and gold.

2. How many novels are contained in the collection "Gargantua and Pantagruel" by Francois Rabelais?
(a) Seven.
(b) Eight.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. With whose wisdom is Pantagruel's compared in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten?

3. What does the name Pantagruel mean?

4. What does Pantagruel receive instead of the office in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten?

5. Whose reputation grows after winning the dispute against the Englishman in Pantagruel: Chapter Fourteen?

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