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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Peer wake up after being attacked in Act 2, Scene 7?
(a) By a river.
(b) Outside his mother's hut.
(c) In a graveyard.
(d) In a church.

2. What does Peer wonder about as he is traveling during the second scene of the play?
(a) How he will be received.
(b) How he will hide.
(c) What he will say to Inga.
(d) What Ingrid will say.

3. What does Peer pretend to be when he has his vision?
(a) An eagle.
(b) A whale.
(c) A bear.
(d) A deer.

4. In Act 3, Scene 4, where does Peer say he is going?
(a) To sea.
(b) To prison.
(c) To the mountains.
(d) To his home.

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

6. What does Peer do after the boy leaves at the beginning of Act 3?
(a) Tells someone to help the boy.
(b) Continues working.
(c) Sings a song.
(d) Says a prayer.

7. At the end of Act 2, Scene 6, when the King runs away, what surrounds Peer?
(a) Flies.
(b) Darkness.
(c) Light.
(d) Dust.

8. What did Peer pretend to be when he was a young child?
(a) A button molder.
(b) A chef.
(c) A king.
(d) A wizard.

9. What was Peer hunting before the start of this play?
(a) Bear.
(b) Moose.
(c) Deer.
(d) Elk.

10. What is the name of the person who teases Peer during the second scene of the play?
(a) Aslak.
(b) Alanta.
(c) Aslan.
(d) Alance.

11. What kind of language does Peer use at the beginning of Act 3?
(a) Dreamlike and simple.
(b) Harsh and angry.
(c) Ordinary.
(d) Poetic and dramatic.

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

13. Who is the Troll Princess?
(a) The Woman in Green.
(b) Solveig.
(c) Ingrid.
(d) The farm girls.

14. What is Aase's last name?
(a) Peer.
(b) Peers.
(c) Gynt.
(d) Gynte.

15. What does Peer do after meeting the farm girls?
(a) Stops their dancing.
(b) Follows them to their home.
(c) Runs away.
(d) Promises to help them.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act 2, Scene 7, what does Solveig do after speaking with Peer?

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

3. Peer says what to try and get a girl to dance with him a second time?

4. What is Peer doing at the beginning of Act 3?

5. What is Peer doing when he sees a young boy in Act 3?

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