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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, Histoire Prodigieuse, Histoire Tragique.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 10, Jean de Coras calls Bertrande _______________ in the identity theft of Martin Guerre.
(a) A victim.
(b) An accomplice.
(c) A defendant.
(d) A martyr.

2. Bertrande, like most women of her time, took on traditional female work, such as house work, crafting, spinning thread, and baking bread. What other work did women do at the time?
(a) Mining.
(b) Blacksmithing.
(c) Shoemaking.
(d) Farming.

3. A key character trait known about the impostor is that he was _______.
(a) Rude.
(b) Overbearing.
(c) Charitable.
(d) Very social.

4. Where was the village the Guerre family moved from?
(a) Rieux in Spain.
(b) Artigat in the French province of Languedoc.
(c) Basque country near the border of the Kingdom of Spain
(d) Fiox in the French province of Languedoc.

5. What alternate term is used for "Lord," in the impostor's old village?
(a) Seignier.
(b) The father.
(c) God.
(d) Land owner.

Short Answer Questions

1. From whom did the most damning evidence against the impostor come?

2. Why was the public so interested in Martin Guerre case?

3. How old was Martin's wife when he disappeared?

4. How was Martin wounded in the Battle of Picardy?

5. What disease was Arnaud believed to be recovering from when he met Bertrande?

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