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

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

3. Who orders his men to march against the shepherds of Utopia in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty-four?
(a) King Picrochole the Third.
(b) Magister Janotus de Bragmardo.
(c) Badebec.
(d) Panurge.

4. Where does Pantagruel send Carpalim in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-one?
(a) Paris.
(b) Dipsodia.
(c) Amaurots.
(d) Orleans.

5. What is the name of Gargantua's father?
(a) Janotus.
(b) Grandgousier.
(c) Magister Janotus de Bragmardo.
(d) Ponocrates.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Gargantua: Chapter One, the author writes that Gargantua's lineage was uncovered by whom?

2. What does Pantagruel's father compose for Pantagruel's mother after his birth?

3. Pantagruel: Introduction explains that this is the first edition of "Pantagruel" which was dated when?

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

5. What is the name of Gargantua's mother?

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