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

2. Pantagruel: Dixain was written by whom?
(a) Almyrodes.
(b) Ulysses.
(c) Francois Rabelais.
(d) Maitre Hughes Salel.

3. What does the midwife administer to Gargantua's mother when she goes into labor?
(a) A pain killer.
(b) Milk.
(c) A poison.
(d) A constrictive.

4. Who consults Seraphin Calobarsy to set Gargantua on a better path in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty-one?
(a) Ponocrates.
(b) Solomon.
(c) Badebec.
(d) Carpalim.

5. What does Gargantua's mother eat a lot of during her pregnancy in Gargantua: Chapter Four?
(a) Cheese.
(b) Hog jowels.
(c) Tripe.
(d) Croissants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the satirical poem in Gargantua: Chapter Two?

2. What position is offered to Pantagruel in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten?

3. What does Pantagruel suggest he and Panurge consult to determine whether Panurge should marry in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Twelve?

4. With whose wisdom is Pantagruel's compared in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten?

5. 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"?

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