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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. Third Book of Pantagruel: Introduction states that the humanist type of this book was published in what year?
(a) 1532.
(b) 1546.
(c) 1517.
(d) 1533.

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

3. What occupation does Seraphin Calobarsy hold?
(a) Physician.
(b) Fisherman.
(c) Senator.
(d) Merchant.

4. What does Pantagruel cover his men with from the rain in Pantagruel: Chapter Twenty-two?
(a) His tongue.
(b) His ear.
(c) His foot.
(d) His hair.

5. What land does Pantagruel subdue in the beginning of Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter One?
(a) Arcea-Galeau.
(b) Dipsody.
(c) The islands of Tohu and Bohu.
(d) France.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do six pilgrims returning from Saint Sebastian's hide in Gargantua: Chapter Thirty-six?

3. What does the name Pantagruel mean?

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

5. Whose reputation grows after winning the dispute against the Englishman in Pantagruel: Chapter Fourteen?

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