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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who claims to have had Peer's child?
(a) Ingrid.
(b) Helga.
(c) The Woman in Green.
(d) Solveig.

4. 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.

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

6. Where is Aase in her last scene of the play?
(a) In a dream.
(b) In a church.
(c) In the forest.
(d) On her deathbed.

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

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

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

10. What is the King willing to give Peer if he meets certain conditions?
(a) His promise of safe passage.
(b) His daughter and half the kingdom.
(c) A sword and a shield.
(d) A potion and a magic mirror.

11. What is the name of Solveig's sister?
(a) Heidi.
(b) Holga.
(c) Hildi.
(d) Helga.

12. 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.

13. What could Peer be arrested for after kidnapping Ingrid?
(a) Being intimate with her.
(b) Kidnapping her.
(c) Ruining her wedding.
(d) Taking her money.

14. What does Peer refuse to do when the King speaks to him?
(a) Grow a tail.
(b) Eat Elfish food.
(c) Marry his daughter.
(d) Forget his family.

15. Why is Aase's home taken away from her?
(a) She was behind in her payments.
(b) She burned down her neighbor's house.
(c) She was accused of harboring criminals.
(d) As payment for Peer's misconduct at the wedding.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Peer talk to Aase about when he visits her in Act 3, Scene 4?

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

3. At the end of Act 2, Scene 6, when the King runs away, what surrounds Peer?

4. Where does Peer's mother say he will end up?

5. What do the men at the doors of the wedding ask Peer to do?

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