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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. It is written in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty-two that Gargantua spent rainy days attending what?
(a) Church.
(b) Public lectures.
(c) The theatre.
(d) Art museums.

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

3. Pantagruel refuses the offer given to him in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten because he believes such offices are like what?
(a) Vacations.
(b) Too high above him.
(c) Slavery.
(d) Priesthood.

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

5. Whose reputation grows after winning the dispute against the Englishman in Pantagruel: Chapter Fourteen?
(a) Panurge's.
(b) Thaumaste's.
(c) Frere Jean's.
(d) Gargantua's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pantagruel cover his men with from the rain in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-two?

2. What is the name of Pantagruel's mother?

3. What position does Ulrich Gallet hold in Gargantua?

4. Pantagruel: Dixain was written by whom?

5. Who asks why many men avoid monks in Gargantua: Chapter Thirty-eight?

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