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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. Whose defeat does Carpalim announce to the city in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-one?
(a) Solomon's.
(b) Janotus'.
(c) King Anarch's.
(d) Epistemon's

2. How many novels are contained in the collection "Gargantua and Pantagruel" by Francois Rabelais?
(a) Five.
(b) Seven.
(c) Three.
(d) Eight.

3. Who summons the inhabitants of the city to set fire to the Dipsodes' camp in Pantagruel: Chapter Eighteen?
(a) Carpalim.
(b) Rabelais.
(c) Loup Garou.
(d) King Anarch.

4. Who does Panurge dress as a crier of green sauce in order to settle him into a trade in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-one?
(a) King Anarch.
(b) Epistemon.
(c) Janotus.
(d) Solomon.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pantagruel: Dixain was written by whom?

2. With whose wisdom is Pantagruel's compared in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten?

3. Pantagruel refuses the offer given to him in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten because he believes such offices are like what?

4. What does Pantagruel cover his men with from the rain in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-two?

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

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