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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Third Book of Pantagruel: Introduction, Rabelais to Mind of the Queen of Navarre, the King's Privilege, Prologue and Chapters 1-13 (p. 389-461).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who among Pantagruel's men has his neck slit in Pantagruel: Chapter Nineteen?
(a) Epistemon.
(b) Almyrodes.
(c) Loup Garou.
(d) Carpalim.

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

3. Who insists in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Five that though lending and borrowing is sometimes necessary, it should be used sparingly?
(a) Panurge.
(b) Pantagruel.
(c) Epistemon.
(d) Carpalim.

4. Where is Pantagruel sent to study in Pantagruel: Chapter 5?
(a) Orleans.
(b) Poitiers.
(c) Bourges.
(d) Paris.

5. For how long is Gargantua's mother pregnant with Gargantua?
(a) One hundred weeks.
(b) Eleven months.
(c) Two years.
(d) Seventy days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What plagues Africa during Pantagruel's birth?

2. What does the midwife administer to Gargantua's mother when she goes into labor?

3. Who does Panurge dress as a crier of green sauce in order to settle him into a trade in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-one?

4. Who insists in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Five that there would be harmony in a world where all men are both debtors and borrowers?

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

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