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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the judge arrange a new place for Bertrande to live?
(a) Bertrande wanted to be closer to the impostor.
(b) Bertrande was sick.
(c) Bertrande was being pressured by Pierre to testify.
(d) The judge didn't like Pierre.

2. How did Pierre react when he saw the real Martin?
(a) Pierre fainted.
(b) Pierre yelled at Martin for leaving.
(c) Pierre started to laugh uncontrollably.
(d) Pierre embraced Martin and cried.

3. Of the many arguments made about the people involved in the Martin Guerre case, what argument was made about Bernarde du Tilh?
(a) That Martin should not have had to share his house with Bernarde.
(b) That the impostor's family should have raised Bernarde.
(c) That Bernarde had no right to inherit Arnuad's estate.
(d) That Bernarde should have been banished.

4. Of the people who testified the impostor is indeed an impostor, who was the most influential?
(a) Sanxi.
(b) Carbon Barrau.
(c) Jean de Coras.
(d) Pierre.

5. How was Jean de Coras killed?
(a) He was shot.
(b) He was lynched.
(c) He was buried alive.
(d) He was poisoned.

6. What was the impostor's reaction when he was confronted by the real Martin?
(a) He claimed he had amnesia.
(b) He cried and told Bertrande he was sorry.
(c) He accused Martin of being the impostor.
(d) He admitted he lied.

7. What was a typical case for the courts in Rieux?
(a) Forgery.
(b) Murder.
(c) Identity theft.
(d) Vandalism.

8. How old was Jean de Coras when he received his doctorate degree?
(a) Twenty-one.
(b) Nineteen.
(c) Twenty-five.
(d) Thirty.

9. How did Martin respond to Bertrande?
(a) Martin hugged Bertrande and gave her a tissue.
(b) Martin kissed Bertrande.
(c) Martin told Bertrande he forgave her.
(d) Martin blamed Bertrande for what happened.

10. Martin's appeal was heard in what year?
(a) 1558.
(b) 1563.
(c) 1566.
(d) 1560.

11. How many times was Jean de Coras married?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

12. Which of the following was evidence presented in the second trial?
(a) The impostor's birth certificate.
(b) Martin's journal.
(c) Physical dissimilarities between Martin and the impostor.
(d) Martin's picture.

13. What language was, "The Admirable History of the Pseudo-Martin of Toulouse," originally printed in?
(a) Latin.
(b) Italian.
(c) English.
(d) French.

14. What was the impostor's defense to the allegations against him?
(a) Pierre wanted him out of the way so he could keep all the land.
(b) Amnesia.
(c) Insanity.
(d) Pierre hated him and was making up lies to get rid of him.

15. Of the many arguments made about the people involved in the Martin Guerre case, what argument was made about Martin Guerre's 12 year absence?
(a) That Martin forfeited his inheritance by leaving.
(b) That Martin owed Bertrande an apology.
(c) That Martin should have been punished for abandoning his family.
(d) That Martin was on the run from a crime he committed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many chambers did the Toulouse Parliament have?

2. Of the people who testified that the impostor was the real Martin, who was the most influential?

3. What story does the author say compares to "The Return of Martin Guerre?"

4. How does the account in "Arrest Memorable" depict the impostor's memory?

5. How did the impostor react when Bertrande was put in jail?

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