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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. Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Prologue of the Author advises the reader to do what?
(a) Stand up against oppression.
(b) Humble himself before God.
(c) Turn from God.
(d) Look to the humanists.

2. What does Gargantua's mother eat a lot of during her pregnancy in Gargantua: Chapter Four?
(a) Hog jowels.
(b) Cheese.
(c) Croissants.
(d) Tripe.

3. What does Gargantua accidentally swallow the six pilgrims with in Gargantua: Chapter Thirty-six?
(a) Tomatoes.
(b) Onions.
(c) Garlic.
(d) Lettuce.

4. What is the name of the abbey built by Gargantua in Gargantua: Chapter Fifty?
(a) Abbey of the Thelemites.
(b) Abbey of the Ottomans.
(c) Abbey of the Turks.
(d) Abbey or the King.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who brings an action against the Sorbonnists in court in Gargantua: Chapter Nineteen?

2. What did the wife in Panurge's dream put on his head in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Fourteen?

3. Who insists in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Five that though lending and borrowing is sometimes necessary, it should be used sparingly?

4. Fourth Book of Pantagruel: To the Most-Illustrious Prince is addressed to whom?

5. Who asks why many men avoid monks in Gargantua: Chapter Thirty-eight?

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