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

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

3. What year was Jean de Coras killed?
(a) 1563.
(b) 1566.
(c) 1572.
(d) 1570.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Martin's appeal was heard in what year?

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

3. Who intervened when Martin got upset about the situation?

4. Who wrote, "The Admirable History of the Pseudo-Martin of Toulouse."

5. What was a typical case for the courts in Rieux?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. LeSueur's pamphlet, "Admiranda Historia," became hugely popular, very quickly. Why do you think this happened?

3. Coras was a romantic. Give an example of one of his romantic gestures.

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

5. Given that three people said they recognized the impostor even after he'd been living with Bertrande, do you think he would have eventually been exposed?

6. What does the author say Montaigne would have done if called to testify in the Martin Guerre Case?

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

8. Why does Coras describe Martin's arrival, "Like a miracle."

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

10. When questioned in court during the second trial what did the impostor do that convinced the judges of his innocence?

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