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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 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) Badebec.
(d) Solomon.

2. What position is offered to Pantagruel in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten?
(a) President of Court.
(b) Receiver of Petitions.
(c) President of Petitions.
(d) Receiver of Petitions and President of Court.

3. What is the name of Gargantua's father?
(a) Grandgousier.
(b) Janotus.
(c) Magister Janotus de Bragmardo.
(d) Ponocrates.

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

5. What is the name of Pantagruel's mother?
(a) Cepola.
(b) Gargantua.
(c) Badebec.
(d) Abbaye.

Short Answer Questions

1. What English scholar comes to visit Pantagruel in Pantagruel: Chapter Thirteen?

2. What is made for Gargantua in Gargantua: Chapter Eleven?

3. How many generations of Pantagruel's genealogy are described in Pantagruel: Chapter One?

4. Pantagruel refuses the offer given to him in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten because he believes such offices are like what?

5. How many knights approach Pantagruel's vessel in Pantagruel: Chapter Sixteen?

(see the answer key)

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