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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Gargantua: Chapters 18-35 (p. 261-322).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who consults Seraphin Calobarsy to set Gargantua on a better path in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty-one?
(a) Carpalim.
(b) Solomon.
(c) Ponocrates.
(d) Badebec.

3. In Gargantua: Chapter One, the author writes that Gargantua's lineage was uncovered in a meadow near what?
(a) Paris.
(b) Orleans.
(c) Poitiers.
(d) Arcea-Galeau.

4. What does Gargantua attempt to devote himself to in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty?
(a) Work.
(b) Play.
(c) Study.
(d) Chess.

5. What is the name of Pantagruel's mother?
(a) Cepola.
(b) Gargantua.
(c) Badebec.
(d) Abbaye.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pantagruel receive instead of the office in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten?

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

3. In Gargantua: Chapter Thirty-one, le Comte Spandassaino and Captain Squirt use what to convince Picrochole to attack the cities and fortresses of Utopia?

4. Where does Pantagruel stroll toward to seek recreation from his studies in Pantagruel: Chapter Eleven?

5. Who addresses Gargantua to explain the importance of the bells in Gargantua: Chapter Eighteen?

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