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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. How many men in copper spheres are sent into Pantagruel's stomach to dislodge a mountain of ordure in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-three?
(a) Three.
(b) Eight.
(c) Five.
(d) Seventeen.

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

3. What gives permission to the king to print and sell Rabelais' book as written in Third Book of Pantagruel: Introduction?
(a) The Royal Prerogative.
(b) The King's Power.
(c) The King's Privilege.
(d) The King's Greed.

4. What is the name of Pantagruel's father?
(a) Rabelais.
(b) Gargantua.
(c) Badebec.
(d) Cepola.

5. Who does Pantagruel assign the castellany of Salmagundi in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Two?
(a) Panurge.
(b) Thaumaste.
(c) Solomon.
(d) Frere Jean.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whose wisdom is Pantagruel's compared in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten?

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

3. What does the name Pantagruel mean?

4. The inhabitants of where drink to the health of Pantagruel in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter One?

5. Who does Pantagruel suggest Panurge take the advice from in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Thirty-seven?

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