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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) Public lectures.
(b) Church.
(c) The theatre.
(d) Art museums.

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

3. Who kills many of the enemy when he sees them stealing the grapes that the monastery uses for an entire year of wine in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty-five?
(a) Solomon.
(b) Badebec.
(c) Frere Jean des Entommeures.
(d) Magister Janotus de Bragmardo.

4. How many generations of Pantagruel's genealogy are described in Pantagruel: Chapter One?
(a) Ten.
(b) Eight.
(c) Sixty.
(d) Two.

5. With whose wisdom is Pantagruel's compared in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten?
(a) Mohammed.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Moses.
(d) Solomon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Pantagruel send Carpalim in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-one?

3. What does Gargantua attempt to devote himself to in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty?

4. What does Gargantua's father exclaim upon Gargantua's birth?

5. What does one of the pilgrims' staff hit, causing Gargantua to spit them out in Gargantua: Chapter Thirty-six?

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