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

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

3. What was the impostor's reaction when he was confronted by the real Martin?

4. 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?

5. What story does the author say compares to "The Return of Martin Guerre?"

Short Essay Questions

1. A monitoire was read to Catholic church members in Artigat and Sajas. What is a monitoire?

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

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

4. How did Coras' religion get him killed?

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

6. The author says Montainge was too hard on Coras. Why?

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

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do you think Bertrande and the impostor, Arnaud, ever talked about who he really was or do you think Bertrande preferred not to admit she knew the impostor was not Martin, even to the impostor? Back up your position with information from the book.

Essay Topic 2

In "The Return of Martin Guerre," there are several references to widows preferring to stay widows. The author seems to suggest that being a widow equals freedom for women in the 16th century. What evidence is presented in the book to support this theory? How were women more free without their husbands?

Essay Topic 3

If Pierre had been able to come up with the money and had the impostor, Arnaud, killed, how do you think things would have turned out? Would the truth still have come out?

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