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

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

3. At the end of Act 2, Scene 6, when the King runs away, what surrounds Peer?
(a) Light.
(b) Flies.
(c) Darkness.
(d) Dust.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Peer risk to see Aase one last time?

2. What is the name of the person who teases Peer during the second scene of the play?

3. What is Aase's last name?

4. What does the King want to do to Peer to change his human nature?

5. Where does Peer want to go when he loses hope while traveling during the second scene of the play?

Short Essay Questions

1. Before her death, Aase tries to talk to Peer about Ingrid. What does he do?

2. What does Peer brag about when he wakes up in Scene 7?

3. What does Peer wonder about as he heads to Ingrid's wedding?

4. What does Aase find while she is packing her belongings in preparation to leave her home?

5. Why does Aase lose her home?

6. How does Anitra abandon Peer?

7. What happens when the groom finds out that Peer has run away with Ingrid?

8. Who does Peer meet after his vision, and what does she convince him to do?

9. Why does the young boy cut his finger off?

10. Who joins Peer in the forest, and how does Peer respond to this?

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