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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 one of the pilgrims' staff hit, causing Gargantua to spit them out in Gargantua: Chapter Thirty-six?
(a) His throat.
(b) His stomach lining.
(c) His bowels.
(d) A cavity.

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

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

4. How many generations of Pantagruel's genealogy are described in Pantagruel: Chapter One?
(a) Ten.
(b) Eight.
(c) Sixty.
(d) Two.

5. What plant does Pantagruel take with him in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Forty-nine?
(a) Thaumaste.
(b) Gooseberry.
(c) Wormwood.
(d) Pantagrueline.

Short Answer Questions

1. What aged French poet does Panurge seek the advice on in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty?

2. Who becomes stuck in a tree as he encourages the men to have courage in Gargantua: Chapter Forty?

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

4. What leader does Pantagruel challenge to single combat in Pantagruel: Chapter Nineteen?

5. What is the name of the satirical poem in Gargantua: Chapter Two?

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