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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How old was Martin's wife when he disappeared?
2. Who do Bertrande and Martin name their baby boy after?
3. Why does the author think the impostor was not in a hurry to return to home?
4. The author speculates about where Martin could have gone when he disappeared. What does the author say was the most likely place Martin went to?
5. What was the relationship between Sanxi and Martin?
Short Essay Questions
1. We know very little about why Martin left his family and disappeared. Why do you think he decided to leave?
2. If the Guerre's home village of Hendaye and their new village, Artigat, were the same, why did the Guerres move?
3. The impostor was methodical in his deception. He took about 3 years to research his role and then began planting information that Martin was back before he contacted Martin's family. Why do you think the impostor was so slow to implement his con?
4. In Chapter 4, what specific differences does the author point out about Martin and the impostor?
5. List some of the ways the impostor prepared to pass himself off as Martin.
6. Why would being Protestant help the impostor and Bertrande's case?
7. Women in the 1500's lived a somewhat oppressed existence. They were not included in family or village decisions. Their importance was recognized in their ability to work the fields or do housework and raise children. List one way women are the same today and one way they are different.
8. After Pierre began accusing the impostor of being an impostor, what criminal course of action did Pierre take?
9. Why is it symbolic that Martin loses his leg in war?
10. Why do you think Bertrande refused to get out of her marriage when she had the chance?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why do you think the impostor, Arnaud, protected Bertrande's involvement in the deception even in his last minute confession? What does this say about Arnaud? Does this act make him honorable to some degree?
Essay Topic 2
Roman law in the sixteenth century stated, "It is better to leave unpunished a guilty man than to condemn an innocent man." What does this mean? How does this law apply to the impostor, Arnaud?
Essay Topic 3
Compare the views of today's parents on marriage and reproduction for their children to the views of parents in the 1500's. Show supporting details in your writing.
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