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

2. What does Peer brag about when he wakes up in Act 2, Scene 7?
(a) Escaping a prison.
(b) Being seduced by a princess.
(c) Defeating a Troll King.
(d) Killing the Boyg.

3. In Act 2, Scene 7, what does Solveig do after speaking with Peer?
(a) Runs off.
(b) Slaps him.
(c) Faints.
(d) Cries.

4. What does Peer talk to Aase about when he visits her in Act 3, Scene 4?
(a) His love for her.
(b) His home in the woods.
(c) His childhood.
(d) Her strength.

5. Where does Peer put his mother before running off?
(a) On the roof.
(b) In a tree.
(c) In her bed.
(d) On a boulder in the river.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do people refuse to do with Peer when he first arrives at the wedding?

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

3. Where is Peer at the beginning of Act 3?

4. What kind of birds does Peer see in his vision?

5. When Peer is traveling, what does he hear people saying during second scene of the play?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Peer do when he sees Solveig's hut?

2. Why does Peer think the young boy did what he did at the beginning of Act 3?

3. What happens when Solveig gets to the wedding feast?

4. What does Aase say as she searches for Peer in Act 1?

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

6. What does Solveig do to comfort Aase as they search for Peer, and how does Aase respond to this kindness?

7. Why does Aase lose her home?

8. What happens when Peer has a vision?

9. What is the hunting story that Peer tells his mother at the beginning of the play?

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

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