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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapters 33-52 (pages 536-614).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who addresses Gargantua to explain the importance of the bells in Gargantua: Chapter Eighteen?
(a) Thaumaste.
(b) Magister Janotus de Bragmardo.
(c) Panurge.
(d) Magister Virgil.

2. What is the name of Gargantua's mother?
(a) Badebec
(b) Carpalim.
(c) Ponocrates.
(d) Gargamelle.

3. Gargantua: Introduction informs that this is the first known edition of "Gargantua" and was written early in what year?
(a) 1512.
(b) 1535.
(c) 1515.
(d) 1503.

4. In Gargantua: Chapter One, the author writes that Gargantua's lineage was uncovered by whom?
(a) Jean Audeau.
(b) Magister Janotus de Bragmardo.
(c) Janotus.
(d) Almyrodes.

5. Who tells Panurge of a remedy for cuckoldry in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Thirty-three?
(a) A physician.
(b) A philosopher.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A lover.

Short Answer Questions

1. Panurge and his compatriots discuss the fact that women desire what in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Thirty-four?

2. What does Pantagruel suggest he and Panurge consult to determine whether Panurge should marry in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Twelve?

3. What colors are the livery Gargantua's father orders for Gargantua in Gargantua: Chapter Seven?

4. What position is offered to Pantagruel in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten?

5. Of whom is it written, "if ever there was such a one in Paris, a felon, a cheat, a tippler, a loafer, a scrounger, but that apart, the nicest young lad in the world"?

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