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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the impostor's sentence in the first trial?
(a) Imprisonment.
(b) Death.
(c) A fine.
(d) Probation.

2. Montaigne thought hanging Arnaud du Tilh was _____?
(a) The worst thing to do.
(b) Appropriate for the crime.
(c) The best thing to do.
(d) Inappropriate for the crime.

3. Who decided to interrogate the impostor after Martin arrived?
(a) Arnaud du Tilh.
(b) President de Mansencal.
(c) Jean de Coras.
(d) Guillaume Le Sueur.

4. When was Montaigne's book, "On the Lame," published?
(a) 1588.
(b) 1569.
(c) 1575.
(d) 1580.

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

6. Judge Coras is said to have believed marriage was between the couple and God. What religious view did this belief relate to in the 1500's?
(a) Buddist.
(b) Protestant.
(c) Christian.
(d) Catholic.

7. Of the people who testified, how many testified the impostor was the real Martin?
(a) About fifty.
(b) About thirty.
(c) About sixty.
(d) About twenty.

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

9. Why was the public so interested in Martin Guerre case?
(a) Because identity theft was so rare.
(b) Because it was a sex scandal.
(c) Because people did no believe Bertranade couldn't know.
(d) Because Martin was famous.

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

11. Where is Judge Jean de Coras' home?
(a) Artigat.
(b) Rieux.
(c) Chancey
(d) Realmont.

12. What was Montaigne's opinion of Arnaud du Tihl?
(a) That he was a liar.
(b) That he was moral.
(c) That he was immoral.
(d) That he was remarkable.

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

14. 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 was on the run from a crime he committed.
(b) That Martin owed Bertrande an apology.
(c) That Martin should have been punished for abandoning his family.
(d) That Martin forfeited his inheritance by leaving.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Pierre react when he saw the real Martin?

2. Of the many arguments made about the people involved in the Martin Guerre case, what argument was made about Bernarde du Tilh?

3. Jean de Coras was a well known lecturer of what kind of law?

4. In Chapter 10, Jean de Coras calls Bertrande _______________ in the identity theft of Martin Guerre.

5. How old was Judge Jean de Coras when the second trial began?

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