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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Act 3, Scene 4, where does Peer say he is going?
(a) To the mountains.
(b) To prison.
(c) To sea.
(d) To his home.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Peer say happened when he jumped on the wounded animal's back?

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

3. What are the farm girls doing when Peer meets them after leaving Ingrid?

4. What does Solveig do to comfort Aase while they search for Peer?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Peer do when Helga tries to leave after he wakes up from his attack?

2. What happens to the yacht stolen by Peer's friends, and how does Peer react?

3. What does Peer decide to do after his mother's death?

4. What does Peer do when he sees people dancing at the wedding?

5. What is strange about the Woman in Green's home?

6. What is the middle aged woman doing at the end of Act 4?

7. What does Peer do when he hears that Ingrid is to be married the next day?

8. What happens to Peer after the Troll King leaves?

9. How does Anitra abandon Peer?

10. What does Peer decide to do after the funeral?

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