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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. When Peer is traveling, what does he hear people saying during second scene of the play?
(a) Word that Ingrid is already married.
(b) Bad things about him and his family.
(c) News that Inga is looking for Peer.
(d) Rumors about his mother.

2. In Act 2, Scene 6, what kind of King does Peer encounter?
(a) Warlock.
(b) Dragon.
(c) Troll.
(d) Elf.

3. What does the King tell Peer he must renounce?
(a) His strongest desires.
(b) His valor.
(c) His family.
(d) The outside world.

4. Who is the second person Peer sees when he wakes up in Act 2, Scene 7?
(a) Solveig.
(b) Aase.
(c) Solveig's sister.
(d) Ingrid.

5. Where does Peer put his mother before running off?
(a) On a boulder in the river.
(b) In a tree.
(c) In her bed.
(d) On the roof.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Peer he is not pure enough for the woman he loves?

2. What does Peer want to be when he grows up?

3. Who does Peer hear talking as he is traveling during the second scene of the play?

4. Who is the first person Peer sees when he wakes up in Act 2, Scene 7?

5. What do the people of the kingdom want to do to Peer when he is introduced to the King?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Solveig do to comfort Aase as they search for Peer, and how does Aase respond to this kindness?

2. What is the Troll King willing to give Peer if he meets certain conditions?

3. What happens when the groom finds out that Peer has run away with Ingrid?

4. What does Peer do to make up for all the evil he put into the world?

5. What happens to Peer after the Troll King leaves?

6. What does Peer wonder about as he heads to Ingrid's wedding?

7. What does Solveig do when she sees Peer at the end of the play?

8. Where does Peer find himself when he wakes up after his attack?

9. Why does Peer think the young boy did what he did at the beginning of Act 3?

10. What does the Woman in Green tell Peer she will do to him when she finds him in the woods?

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