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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Gargantua: Chapters 36-56 and Almanac (p. 322-387).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose reputation grows after winning the dispute against the Englishman in Pantagruel: Chapter Fourteen?
(a) Frere Jean's.
(b) Panurge's.
(c) Thaumaste's.
(d) Gargantua's.

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

3. Who orders his men to march against the shepherds of Utopia in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty-four?
(a) King Picrochole the Third.
(b) Panurge.
(c) Badebec.
(d) Magister Janotus de Bragmardo.

4. Gargantua's countrymen get into a dispute with the bakers of where in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty-three?
(a) Paris.
(b) Arcea-Galeau.
(c) The Isle of Ennasin.
(d) Lerne.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gargantua accidentally swallow the six pilgrims with in Gargantua: Chapter Thirty-six?

2. Who brings an action against the Sorbonnists in court in Gargantua: Chapter Nineteen?

3. What does Gargantua's mother eat a lot of during her pregnancy in Gargantua: Chapter Four?

4. How many generations of Pantagruel's genealogy are described in Pantagruel: Chapter One?

5. What position is offered to Pantagruel in Pantagruel: Chapter Ten?

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