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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. Where does Pantagruel's army march to take the entire kingdom by force in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-one?
(a) Dipsodia.
(b) Paris.
(c) Amaurots.
(d) The Isle of Ennasin.

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

3. Pantagruel: Introduction explains that this is the first edition of "Pantagruel" which was dated when?
(a) 1515 or 1516.
(b) 1531 or 1532.
(c) 1513 or 1514.
(d) 1522 or 1523.

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

5. Where does Pantagruel send Carpalim in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-one?
(a) Amaurots.
(b) Dipsodia.
(c) Paris.
(d) Orleans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who among Pantagruel's men has his neck slit in Pantagruel: Chapter Nineteen?

2. What does the name Pantagruel mean?

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

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

5. What is the name of Pantagruel's father?

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