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

2. With whom does Panurge share a discussion about a monastical cabbala concerning salted beef in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Fifteen?
(a) Panurge.
(b) Gargantua.
(c) King Anarch.
(d) Frere Jean.

3. Where does Pantagruel's lantern lead him in Fifth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Thirty-one?
(a) Lanternland.
(b) The Temple of La Dive Bouteille.
(c) The Island of Cheating.
(d) The Isle of Frieze-cloth.

4. The hermit who greets Pantagruel's ships in Fifth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter One subjects the men to what before admitting them to the island?
(a) Two fasts.
(b) Beatings.
(c) Feats of strength.
(d) Four fasts.

5. King Benius shows Pantagruel and his men the monastery he built for whom in Fifth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-six?
(a) King Picrochole.
(b) Epistemon.
(c) Frere Jean.
(d) The Demisemiquaver Friars.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who fails to satisfactorily advise Panurge whether or not to marry in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapters Thirty-five and Thirty-six?

2. In Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapters Sixty-one and Sixty-two, Gaster describes how he invented the art of remaining untouched and unwounded by what when attacked by enemies?

3. In Pantagruel: Prologue, the author compared the novel to what literary genre?

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

5. Where is Pantagruel sent to study in Pantagruel: Chapter 5?

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