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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Peer say happened when he jumped on the wounded animal's back?
(a) It ran off.
(b) It fell down a cliff.
(c) It bucked him off.
(d) It sank into a mud pit.

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

5. What does Peer want to make with a tree at the beginning of Act 3?
(a) A ship.
(b) A bridge.
(c) A fire.
(d) A church pew.

6. What makes Aase cry as she is looking for Peer after the kidnapping?
(a) The fact that she is hungry, tired and cold.
(b) The thought that Peer could be dead.
(c) The reminder that her reputation is ruined.
(d) The thought that she will never find him.

7. What frightens the King and the creatures fighting Peer?
(a) Sunrise.
(b) Horse hoofs.
(c) Clanging steel.
(d) Church bells.

8. Where is the bride during the wedding?
(a) In the barn.
(b) In the restroom.
(c) In the church.
(d) In the storehouse.

9. Peer says what to try and get a girl to dance with him a second time?
(a) Her boyfriend will be jealous.
(b) He wants to show her some new moves.
(c) He will turn into a troll if she does not.
(d) He has always loved her.

10. Who joins Peer in his life in the forest?
(a) Isabelle.
(b) Solveig.
(c) Aase.
(d) Ingrid.

11. What does Peer's mother say she will never let happen to him?
(a) Run away with the bride.
(b) Be shamed.
(c) Get killed.
(d) Get married.

12. Who helps Peer's mother after Peer runs off?
(a) A flock of birds.
(b) A traveling salesman.
(c) Two old women.
(d) A young dog.

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

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

15. What are the farm girls trying to attract when Peer meets them?
(a) Trolls.
(b) Elves.
(c) Dragons.
(d) Horses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Peer refuse to do when the King speaks to him?

2. Where is Peer going during the second scene of the play?

3. What does Peer say he feels for all women?

4. What is the name of the person who teases Peer during the second scene of the play?

5. Who is the Troll Princess?

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