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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Introduction, Prologue, To the Most Illustrious Prince, The Royal Privilege, The Prologue of the Author, and Chapters 1-5 (p. 615-680).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pantagruel's father compose for Pantagruel's mother after his birth?
(a) An epitaph.
(b) A note of appreciation.
(c) A symphony.
(d) A poem.

2. After a journey of how many days does Panurge reach Panzoust in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Seventeen?
(a) Four.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Six.

3. 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?
(a) King Anarch.
(b) Jean Audeau.
(c) Gargantua.
(d) Panurge.

4. Who sent the ship in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Three to report on Pantagruel's circumstances?
(a) King Anarch.
(b) Panurge.
(c) Epistemon.
(d) Gargantua.

5. Who does Gargantua take as prisoner in Gargantua: Chapter Forty-two?
(a) Comte de Rushin.
(b) Pantagruel.
(c) Braggart.
(d) Hastyveal.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Panurge share a discussion about a monastical cabbala concerning salted beef in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Fifteen?

2. Pantagruel: Introduction explains that this is the first edition of "Pantagruel" which was dated when?

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

4. How many novels are contained in the collection "Gargantua and Pantagruel" by Francois Rabelais?

5. Who does Panurge describe at Panzoust who foretells all things to come in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Fifteen?

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