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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 is the name of Gargantua's mother?
(a) Gargamelle.
(b) Badebec
(c) Carpalim.
(d) Ponocrates.

2. Who kills many of the enemy when he sees them stealing the grapes that the monastery uses for an entire year of wine in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty-five?
(a) Frere Jean des Entommeures.
(b) Magister Janotus de Bragmardo.
(c) Solomon.
(d) Badebec.

3. Where does Pantagruel stroll toward to seek recreation from his studies in Pantagruel: Chapter Eleven?
(a) Orleans.
(b) The Faubourg Saint-Marcel.
(c) Paris.
(d) Poitiers.

4. 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) Epistemon.
(c) Pantagruel.
(d) Carpalim.

5. How many men in copper spheres are sent into Pantagruel's stomach to dislodge a mountain of ordure in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-three?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Seventeen.
(d) Eight.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-two, the people of Dipsodes surrender to Pantagruel, except for whom?

2. Who among Pantagruel's men has his neck slit in Pantagruel: Chapter Nineteen?

3. What does Pantagruel receive instead of the office in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten?

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

5. Pantagruel advises Panurge to foretell whether he will have a good or bad marriage from what in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Thirteen?

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