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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the people of the kingdom want to do to Peer when he is introduced to the King?
(a) Welcome him.
(b) Kill him.
(c) Beat him.
(d) Crown him.

2. Who is the first person Peer sees after visiting his mother in Act 3, Scene 4?
(a) Helga.
(b) Solveig.
(c) Kari.
(d) Ingrid.

3. What is Peer's alleged child told to do for Peer?
(a) Clean his house.
(b) Make him dinner.
(c) Get him a drink.
(d) Pick him some flowers.

4. In Act 2, Scene 7, what does Peer give to Solveig?
(a) A silver button.
(b) A lock of hair.
(c) A locket.
(d) A poem.

5. What are the farm girls doing when Peer meets them after leaving Ingrid?
(a) Singing.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Weaving.

6. What does The Woman in Green do when Peer mocks the dancing?
(a) Fights.
(b) Cries.
(c) Laughs.
(d) Faints.

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

8. Who tells Peer he is not pure enough for the woman he loves?
(a) The Woman in Green.
(b) Solveig's father.
(c) Aase.
(d) Ingrid.

9. Who does Peer meet after his vision?
(a) The Lady in Red.
(b) The Girl in Blue.
(c) The Woman in Green.
(d) The Duchess in Violet.

10. Peer's mother hopes something will happen to Peer during the wedding. What does she hope will happen?
(a) He has a good time.
(b) He gets sent home.
(c) He runs away with the girl.
(d) He gets beat.

11. What is the punishment for the crime Peer committed after kidnapping Ingrid?
(a) Heavy fines.
(b) Hanging.
(c) Prison.
(d) Guillotine.

12. What does Peer look at that causes him to lose hope as he is traveling during the second scene of the play?
(a) His sword.
(b) His reflection.
(c) His wallet.
(d) His clothes.

13. In Act 2, Scene 7, what does Solveig say gave Peer his freedom?
(a) His inner goodness.
(b) The church bells.
(c) Her prayers.
(d) The rain.

14. How many times does Peer hear the strange sound just before he sees the wedding?
(a) Twice.
(b) Three times.
(c) Once.
(d) Four times.

15. Peer tells the men at the doors of the wedding that he can do what?
(a) Kill them.
(b) See through walls.
(c) Fly.
(d) Read their minds.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Peer get to the wedding in the second scene?

3. What kind of language does Peer use at the beginning of Act 3?

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

5. What frightens the King and the creatures fighting Peer?

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