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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Peer at the beginning of Act 3?
(a) In a church.
(b) In the forest.
(c) In a cave.
(d) In his mother's house.

2. What will happen if Peer ever leaves the forest?
(a) He will be fined.
(b) He will be forced to marry Ingrid.
(c) He will be executed.
(d) He will be thrown in prison.

3. Where does Peer's mother say he will end up?
(a) A mine shaft.
(b) A mad house.
(c) An early grave.
(d) Prison.

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

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

6. 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.

7. How does Peer get to the wedding in the second scene?
(a) He walks.
(b) He rides a bike.
(c) He hitches a ride on a wagon.
(d) He rides a horse.

8. In Act 2, Scene 7, who does Peer ask to deliver his gift to Solveig?
(a) Solveig's father.
(b) Solveig's mother.
(c) Solveig's sister.
(d) Aase.

9. What is the name of Aase's best friend?
(a) Karli.
(b) Karla.
(c) Karilee.
(d) Kari.

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

11. What did a preacher once say about Peer that made him cocky?
(a) His soul is pure.
(b) He has a sharp mind.
(c) He is a strong lad.
(d) He has a golden heart.

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

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

14. What does the boy do when he sees Peer at the beginning of Act 3?
(a) Stabs his own leg.
(b) Cuts off his finger.
(c) Shaves his head.
(d) Severs his toe.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times does Peer hear the strange sound just before he sees the wedding?

2. Where is the bride during the wedding?

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

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

5. What is the name of the man Peer's mother was married to when she was young?

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