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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. Where does Pantagruel's army march to take the entire kingdom by force in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-one?
(a) The Isle of Ennasin.
(b) Dipsodia.
(c) Paris.
(d) Amaurots.

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

3. What man with a Germanic tongue does Pantagruel meet in Pantagruel: Chapter Nine?
(a) Ulysses.
(b) Hugh.
(c) Panurge.
(d) Gargantua.

4. 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) Solomon.
(b) Thaumaste.
(c) Panurge.
(d) Anarch.

5. What does Pantagruel send the prisoner with to the king in Pantagruel: Chapter Eighteen?
(a) A special book.
(b) An olive branch.
(c) A concoction.
(d) A peace flower.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How many men in copper spheres are sent into Pantagruel's stomach to dislodge a mountain of ordure in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-three?

3. Whose defeat does Carpalim announce to the city in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-one?

4. What colors are the livery Gargantua's father orders for Gargantua in Gargantua: Chapter Seven?

5. Who does Panurge talk of having escaped because they wanted to roast him alive in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten?

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