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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Act 2, Scene 5, most people see what when they view the woman's house?
(a) A tree.
(b) A pile of rocks.
(c) A great castle.
(d) A graveyard.

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

4. What is the philosophy of the King's life?
(a) The Satisfied Soul.
(b) The True Self.
(c) The Sufficient Self.
(d) The Wanting Soul.

5. What old toy of Peer's does Aase's friend find?
(a) A ladle.
(b) A hammer.
(c) A shoe.
(d) A spatula.

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

7. What is Peer doing at the beginning of Act 3?
(a) Chopping down a tree.
(b) Making a meal.
(c) Building a fire.
(d) Saying a prayer.

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

9. What is the name of the girl Peer's mother has seen him with in town?
(a) Ingrid.
(b) Isabelle.
(c) Izzy.
(d) Inga.

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

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

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

13. Where does Ingrid plan to go after Peer kidnaps her?
(a) To Peer's house.
(b) Back to town.
(c) To her father's house.
(d) To England.

14. What does Peer think he hears after he loses hope while traveling in the second scene?
(a) Crying.
(b) Humming.
(c) Snoring.
(d) Laughter.

15. In Act 2, Scene 7, the person Peer asks to deliver the gift and message to Solveig tries to do what?
(a) Run away.
(b) Slap him.
(c) Yell at him.
(d) Kiss him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Peer do after meeting the farm girls?

2. What did Peer pretend to be when he was a young child?

3. What message does Peer send to Solveig with his gift?

4. What kind of animal joins the attack on Peer when the King leaves in Act 2, Scene 7?

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

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