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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Gargantua: Chapters 36-56 and Almanac (p. 322-387).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Pantagruel: Prologue, the author compared the novel to what literary genre?
(a) Medieval war tales.
(b) Non-fiction.
(c) Medieval romances.
(d) Medieval fairy tales.

3. What does Pantagruel's father compose for Pantagruel's mother after his birth?
(a) A note of appreciation.
(b) An epitaph.
(c) A poem.
(d) A symphony.

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

5. In Gargantua: Chapter Thirty-one, le Comte Spandassaino and Captain Squirt use what to convince Picrochole to attack the cities and fortresses of Utopia?
(a) Flattery.
(b) Conviction.
(c) Passion.
(d) Lies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does King Picrochole send to patrol in Gargantua: Chapter Forty-one?

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

3. For how long is Gargantua's mother pregnant with Gargantua?

4. Whose defeat does Carpalim announce to the city in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-one?

5. Gargantua's countrymen get into a dispute with the bakers of where in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty-three?

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