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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Gargantua: Introduction, To Readers, Prologue of the Author and Chapters 1-17 (p. 195-261).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What man with a Germanic tongue does Pantagruel meet in Pantagruel: Chapter Nine?
(a) Panurge.
(b) Ulysses.
(c) Gargantua.
(d) Hugh.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Gargantua's father exclaim upon Gargantua's birth?

3. 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"?

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?

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