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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapters 28-50 (p. 747-810).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pantagruel: Introduction explains that this is the first edition of "Pantagruel" which was dated when?
(a) 1515 or 1516.
(b) 1513 or 1514.
(c) 1531 or 1532.
(d) 1522 or 1523.

2. For how long is Gargantua's mother pregnant with Gargantua?
(a) Two years.
(b) One hundred weeks.
(c) Eleven months.
(d) Seventy days.

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

4. What does Pantagruel suggest he and Panurge consult to determine whether Panurge should marry in Third Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Twelve?
(a) The works of Virgil.
(b) The works of Socrates.
(c) The works of Aristotle.
(d) The works of Homer.

5. What plagues Africa during Pantagruel's birth?
(a) Bubonic plague.
(b) A drought.
(c) Tsunamis.
(d) Earthquakes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position does Ulrich Gallet hold in Gargantua?

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

3. What does Pantagruel send the prisoner with to the king in Pantagruel: Chapter Eighteen?

4. In Fourth Book of Pantagruel: Chapter Thirty-six, Pantagruel summons the marines aboard his vessels, Colonel Poke-Banger and who?

5. Who does Gargantua take as prisoner in Gargantua: Chapter Forty-two?

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