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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. Where did Guillaume Le Sueur get most of his information to write his book about Martin Guerre?
(a) From the notes of President Michel Du Faur.
(b) From the notes of Jean de Coras.
(c) From the notes of Arnaud du Tilh.
(d) From the notes of Pierre Guerre.

2. Which of the following was a possible reason for Bertrande to pretend she didn't know the impostor was not Martin?
(a) Bertrande was protecting her inheritance.
(b) Bertrande wanted a husband.
(c) Bertande was being abused.
(d) Bertrande was protecting her children.

3. Jean de Coras, in some ways, saw the impostor as a ___________.
(a) Brother.
(b) Devil.
(c) Hero.
(d) Victim.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Jean de Coras when he received his doctorate degree?

2. How was Jean de Coras killed?

3. Why were witnesses brought to the impostor before the trial?

4. Why does the author suspect Martin showed up at the courthouse?

5. What was the impostor's sentence in the first trial?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Bertrande's testimony the most important? Why didn't the judges consider she might lie?

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

3. What did Martin say when Bertrande said everyone was fooled by the impostor?

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

5. 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?

6. What was the impostor's response to Martin's arrival in the days after their initial confrontation?

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

8. How did Coras' religion get him killed?

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

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

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