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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Third Book of Pantagruel: Introduction, Rabelais to Mind of the Queen of Navarre, the King's Privilege, Prologue and Chapters 1-13 (p. 389-461).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who claims "those who are not very bright could never spend so much in so short a time" in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Two?
(a) Frere Jean.
(b) Panurge.
(c) Thaumaste.
(d) Solomon.

2. In Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-two, the people of Dipsodes surrender to Pantagruel, except for whom?
(a) Almyrodes.
(b) Epistemon.
(c) Panurge.
(d) King Anarch.

3. In Pantagruel: Prologue, the author compared the novel to what literary genre?
(a) Medieval fairy tales.
(b) Medieval war tales.
(c) Non-fiction.
(d) Medieval romances.

4. What does the name Pantagruel mean?
(a) All love.
(b) All thirst.
(c) Cruel leader.
(d) Giant man.

5. What is the name of Gargantua's father?
(a) Grandgousier.
(b) Ponocrates.
(c) Magister Janotus de Bragmardo.
(d) Janotus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who consults Seraphin Calobarsy to set Gargantua on a better path in Gargantua: Chapter Twenty-one?

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

3. What is the name of Pantagruel's mother?

4. Where does Pantagruel's army march to take the entire kingdom by force in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-one?

5. What is the name of Gargantua's mother?

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