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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. What is made for Gargantua in Gargantua: Chapter Eleven?
(a) A woven basket.
(b) A paper doll.
(c) A dirt hut.
(d) A wooden horse.

2. In Gargantua: Chapter One, the author writes that Gargantua's lineage was uncovered by whom?
(a) Magister Janotus de Bragmardo.
(b) Almyrodes.
(c) Jean Audeau.
(d) Janotus.

3. Pantagruel: Dixain was written by whom?
(a) Maitre Hughes Salel.
(b) Ulysses.
(c) Francois Rabelais.
(d) Almyrodes.

4. How many knights approach Pantagruel's vessel in Pantagruel: Chapter Sixteen?
(a) 1,200.
(b) 550.
(c) 2,600.
(d) 660.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What plagues Africa during Pantagruel's birth?

2. In Pantagruel: Prologue, the author compared the novel to what literary genre?

3. Who brings an action against the Sorbonnists in court in Gargantua: Chapter Nineteen?

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

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

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