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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What story does the author say compares to "The Return of Martin Guerre?"
(a) "There and Back Again."
(b) "Decameron."
(c) "Cameron Rose."
(d) "The Heart of Love."

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

3. About how many people came to testify in the impostor's trial?
(a) One hundred fifty.
(b) Two hundred.
(c) One hundred.
(d) Two hundred fifty.

4. In the second trial of the impostor, what evidence showed us that Bertrande had not changed her mind about believing the impostor was the real Martin?
(a) Bertrande still publically supported the fake Martin.
(b) Bertrande yelled at Pierre from the stand.
(c) Bertrande was sneaking notes to the fake Martin.
(d) Bertrande cried every day of the trial.

5. How did the impostor's brothers respond when asked to come to the court to testify?
(a) They refused.
(b) They fled.
(c) They came right away.
(d) They pretended they didn't get the message.

Short Answer Questions

1. What evidence was presented to prove the impostor was an impostor?

2. What language was, "The Admirable History of the Pseudo-Martin of Toulouse," originally printed in?

3. How did the impostor explain the timing of Martin's arrival?

4. When was Montaigne's book, "On the Lame," published?

5. What year was Jean de Coras killed?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Coras' "comitragic" version of "Arrest Memorable" he wrote that a woman doing what she pleased with her body is worse than what the impostor did. What did he mean?

2. Why is it said that Coras exaggerates in "Arrest Memorable?"

3. How did the dedications in Coras' books help him career-wise?

4. Why do you think Bertrande immediately acknowledged the real Martin?

5. The judges were unsure of the impostor's guilt or innocence. How did the law's view of marriage play a role in the judge's decision?

6. How important was Coras' Arrest Memorable" in the 16th century?

7. Why wouldn't a confession from the impostor be enough to prove his guilt?

8. Though Coras was Protestant by the time he wrote" Arrest Memorable," why was the book received so well by Catholics?

9. Why did Coras find the impostor remarkable even after having been fooled by him?

10. What reasons does the author state for her belief that Martin heard about the trial before he got to Artigat?

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