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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Aase's friend helping her do when she first appears in Act 2?
(a) Selling her belongings.
(b) Building a barn.
(c) Packing her house.
(d) Planting a garden.

2. Where does Ingrid plan to go after Peer kidnaps her?
(a) To her father's house.
(b) To England.
(c) Back to town.
(d) To Peer's house.

3. What happens to the girl Peer had been spending time with when he is away hunting?
(a) She gets very sick.
(b) She gets engaged.
(c) She dies.
(d) She moves away.

4. During the wedding, Peer is asked to help with what task?
(a) Cleaning the dance floor.
(b) Distracting the groom.
(c) Finding the bride.
(d) Cutting the cake.

5. What does Peer's mother think of her son's hunting story?
(a) It is very exciting.
(b) It is an exaggeration of the truth.
(c) It is a tale of true bravery.
(d) It is a lie.

6. What is the bridal steed?
(a) A donkey.
(b) A pig.
(c) A goose.
(d) A great horse.

7. What does Peer compare a tree to at the beginning of Act 3?
(a) The world.
(b) An old man.
(c) His strength.
(d) A ship.

8. What do people refuse to do with Peer when he first arrives at the wedding?
(a) Look him in the eye.
(b) Tell him where Ingrid is.
(c) Talk to him.
(d) Dance with him.

9. How does Peer get to the wedding in the second scene?
(a) He hitches a ride on a wagon.
(b) He walks.
(c) He rides a bike.
(d) He rides a horse.

10. When Peer first arrives at the wedding, what is happening?
(a) Singing.
(b) The feast.
(c) Dancing.
(d) The vows.

11. What does Peer say he feels for all women?
(a) Awe.
(b) Disdain.
(c) Annoyance.
(d) Hatred.

12. What is the name of the first girl to dance with Peer at the wedding?
(a) Solviet.
(b) Sonia.
(c) Solveig.
(d) Sonieg.

13. Who asks for Peer's help during the wedding?
(a) The groom's mother.
(b) The bride's father.
(c) The bride.
(d) The groom.

14. What does Solveig do to comfort Aase while they search for Peer?
(a) Reminds Aase of how well Peer moves.
(b) Tells childhood stories about Peer.
(c) Promises to live with Aase until Peer returns.
(d) Sings some songs.

15. What does the King want to do to Peer to change his human nature?
(a) Make him dance.
(b) Give him a tail.
(c) Cut his eye.
(d) Grow some horns.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Aase's best friend?

2. Why does Aase say she should not be looking for Peer after he kidnaps Ingrid?

3. What does Peer do when he realizes Aase is gone?

4. What does Peer wonder about as he is traveling during the second scene of the play?

5. Who speaks in the first scene of Act 3?

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