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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 dress as a crier of green sauce in order to settle him into a trade in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-one?
(a) King Anarch.
(b) Epistemon.
(c) Janotus.
(d) Solomon.

2. Who becomes stuck in a tree as he encourages the men to have courage in Gargantua: Chapter Forty?
(a) Gargantua.
(b) Frere Jean.
(c) Hastyveal.
(d) King Picrochole the Third.

3. What does Pantagruel receive instead of the office in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten?
(a) Meats.
(b) Cheese.
(c) Beer.
(d) Wine.

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

5. Where is Pantagruel sent to study in Pantagruel: Chapter 5?
(a) Orleans.
(b) Poitiers.
(c) Bourges.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Panurge talk of having escaped because they wanted to roast him alive in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten?

2. It is written in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty-two that Gargantua spent rainy days attending what?

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

4. What plagues Africa during Pantagruel's birth?

5. Who does Braggart kill for accusing him of corruption in Gargantua: Chapter Forty-five?

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