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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. Who does King Picrochole send to patrol in Gargantua: Chapter Forty-one?
(a) Hastyveal.
(b) Gargantua.
(c) Thaumaste.
(d) Comte de Rushin.

2. What does Gargantua attempt to devote himself to in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty?
(a) Chess.
(b) Study.
(c) Work.
(d) Play.

3. What land does Pantagruel subdue in the beginning of Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter One?
(a) Arcea-Galeau.
(b) The islands of Tohu and Bohu.
(c) France.
(d) Dipsody.

4. Gargantua: Introduction informs that this is the first known edition of "Gargantua" and was written early in what year?
(a) 1515.
(b) 1503.
(c) 1535.
(d) 1512.

5. Who does Panurge dress as a crier of green sauce in order to settle him into a trade in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-one?
(a) Epistemon.
(b) King Anarch.
(c) Janotus.
(d) Solomon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what king does Pantagruel send the prisoner in Pantagruel: Chapter Eighteen?

3. What does one of the pilgrims' staff hit, causing Gargantua to spit them out in Gargantua: Chapter Thirty-six?

4. What does Pantagruel's father compose for Pantagruel's mother after his birth?

5. Who orders his men to march against the shepherds of Utopia in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty-four?

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