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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. 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"?
(a) Anarch.
(b) Thaumaste.
(c) Panurge.
(d) Solomon.

2. What does Gargantua's father ask him to do by letter in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty-six?
(a) Go to London.
(b) Go to church.
(c) Come home.
(d) Go to Paris.

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

4. What leader does Pantagruel challenge to single combat in Pantagruel: Chapter Nineteen?
(a) Loup Garou.
(b) Solomon.
(c) King Anarch.
(d) Carpalim.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What gives permission to the king to print and sell Rabelais' book as written in Third Book of Pantagruel: Introduction?

2. It is written in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty-two that Gargantua spent rainy days attending what?

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

4. Third Book of Pantagruel: Introduction states that the humanist type of this book was published in what year?

5. Pantagruel refuses the offer given to him in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten because he believes such offices are like what?

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