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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. Pantagruel: Dixain was written by whom?
(a) Almyrodes.
(b) Francois Rabelais.
(c) Ulysses.
(d) Maitre Hughes Salel.

2. What English scholar comes to visit Pantagruel in Pantagruel: Chapter Thirteen?
(a) Prince Charles.
(b) Panurge.
(c) Solomon.
(d) Thaumaste.

3. The hairy tribe of Procureers and Chicanous earn their living how?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Selling wheat.
(c) Being beaten.
(d) Singing.

4. In Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapters Fifty-nine and Sixty tell of how the Gastrolaters worship Gaster as their what?
(a) Omnipresent deity.
(b) Ventripotent god.
(c) Cultural icon.
(d) Revolutionary hero.

5. Who does King Picrochole send to patrol in Gargantua: Chapter Forty-one?
(a) Hastyveal.
(b) Gargantua.
(c) Thaumaste.
(d) Comte de Rushin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What island encountered by Pantagruel is uninhabited but weapons grow from the plants?

2. What do Panurge and Pantagruel debate the meaning of in ancient literary traditions in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Fourteen?

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

4. What does Pantagruel cover his men with from the rain in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-two?

5. What does Gargantua attempt to devote himself to in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty?

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