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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. In Gargantua: Chapter One, the author writes that Gargantua's lineage was uncovered in a meadow near what?
(a) Orleans.
(b) Arcea-Galeau.
(c) Paris.
(d) Poitiers.

2. How many novels are contained in the collection "Gargantua and Pantagruel" by Francois Rabelais?
(a) Eight.
(b) Seven.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

3. What is the name of Pantagruel's mother?
(a) Badebec.
(b) Abbaye.
(c) Cepola.
(d) Gargantua.

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

5. What plagues Africa during Pantagruel's birth?
(a) A drought.
(b) Tsunamis.
(c) Bubonic plague.
(d) Earthquakes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Of whom is it written, "if ever there was such a one in Paris, a felon, a cheat, a tippler, a loafer, a scrounger, but that apart, the nicest young lad in the world"?

3. Where is Pantagruel sent to study in Pantagruel: Chapter 5?

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

5. In Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-two, the people of Dipsodes surrender to Pantagruel, except for whom?

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