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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pantagruel: Chapters 18-23, Pantagrueline Prognostication for 1533 and Prefaces to Almanacs for 1533 and 1535 (p. 133-194).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what king does Pantagruel send the prisoner in Pantagruel: Chapter Eighteen?
(a) King Anarch.
(b) King Blaine.
(c) King Bodum.
(d) King Fasil.

2. With whose wisdom is Pantagruel's compared in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten?
(a) Solomon.
(b) Moses.
(c) Mohammed.
(d) Jesus.

3. What position is offered to Pantagruel in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten?
(a) President of Petitions.
(b) Receiver of Petitions and President of Court.
(c) Receiver of Petitions.
(d) President of Court.

4. What does Pantagruel cover his men with from the rain in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-two?
(a) His ear.
(b) His tongue.
(c) His hair.
(d) His foot.

5. Where is Pantagruel sent to study in Pantagruel: Chapter 5?
(a) Poitiers.
(b) Bourges.
(c) Orleans.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. Who summons the inhabitants of the city to set fire to the Dipsodes' camp in Pantagruel: Chapter Eighteen?

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

4. What does Pantagruel's father compose for Pantagruel's mother after his birth?

5. How many novels are contained in the collection "Gargantua and Pantagruel" by Francois Rabelais?

(see the answer key)

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