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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. What does one of the pilgrims' staff hit, causing Gargantua to spit them out in Gargantua: Chapter Thirty-six?
(a) His stomach lining.
(b) His bowels.
(c) A cavity.
(d) His throat.

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

3. What does Pantagruel intend to have a look at with his friend in Pantagruel: Chapter Eleven?
(a) La Follie-Gobelin.
(b) The walls of Paris.
(c) Pygmies.
(d) Dipsodes' camp.

4. Who does Panurge talk of having escaped because they wanted to roast him alive in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten?
(a) The English.
(b) The Russians.
(c) The Turks.
(d) The Italians.

5. Whose reputation grows after winning the dispute against the Englishman in Pantagruel: Chapter Fourteen?
(a) Gargantua's.
(b) Frere Jean's.
(c) Thaumaste's.
(d) Panurge's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do six pilgrims returning from Saint Sebastian's hide in Gargantua: Chapter Thirty-six?

2. Who does Pantagruel assign the castellany of Salmagundi in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Two?

3. What does Grandgousier give to each pilgrim for their journey in Gargantua: Chapter Forty-three?

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

5. Who does King Picrochole send to patrol in Gargantua: Chapter Forty-one?

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