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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 claims that many monks are lazy in Gargantua: Chapter Thirty-eight?
(a) Frere Jean.
(b) King Picrochole the Third.
(c) Gargantua.
(d) Solomon.

2. What is the name of the satirical poem in Gargantua: Chapter Two?
(a) "Poison Foam."
(b) "Healthful Drink."
(c) "Dangerous Brew."
(d) "Antidoted Bubbles."

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

4. What plagues Africa during Pantagruel's birth?
(a) Tsunamis.
(b) Earthquakes.
(c) A drought.
(d) Bubonic plague.

5. Third Book of Pantagruel: Introduction states that the humanist type of this book was published by whom?
(a) Chretien Wechel of Paris.
(b) Frere Jean.
(c) Braggart.
(d) King Anarch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Pantagruel learn have laid waste to Utopia in Pantagruel: Chapter Fifteen?

2. Who does Braggart kill for accusing him of corruption in Gargantua: Chapter Forty-five?

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

4. What is the name of Gargantua's mother?

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

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