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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Fifth Book of Pantagruel: Chapters 26-47, Epigram and 3 Appendixes (p. 960-1041).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Panurge begs who to sell him a sheep in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapters Six and Seven?
(a) Gargantua.
(b) Epistemon.
(c) Dindenault.
(d) Carpalim.

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

3. Who does Pantagruel have read to the men on his ship from the books Gargantua sent while they are at sea in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Four?
(a) Solomon.
(b) King Anarch.
(c) Carpalim.
(d) Epistemon.

4. Who does Pantagruel suggest Panurge seek the advice of in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Nineteen?
(a) Carpalim.
(b) Thaumaste.
(c) Nazdecabre.
(d) Badebec.

5. What do Panurge and Pantagruel debate the meaning of in ancient literary traditions in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Fourteen?
(a) Symbolism.
(b) Religious allusion.
(c) Plot structure.
(d) Philosophy.

Short Answer Questions

1. It is written in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty-two that Gargantua spent rainy days attending what?

2. Where does Pantagruel's army march to take the entire kingdom by force in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-one?

3. Who does Pantagruel assign the castellany of Salmagundi in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Two?

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

5. What does Panurge do with the sheep he's bought in Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Eight?

(see the answer key)

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