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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's mother think of her son's hunting story?
(a) It is a lie.
(b) It is very exciting.
(c) It is a tale of true bravery.
(d) It is an exaggeration of the truth.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Aase in her last scene of the play?

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

3. Peer tells the men at the doors of the wedding that he can do what?

4. What does Peer say he lost while he was hunting?

5. Who does Peer hear talking as he is traveling during the second scene of the play?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the life philosophy that the Troll King preaches, and how does it differ from the human philosophy on life?

2. Why does Aase lose her home?

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

4. What happens when Peer finds an onion in the woods?

5. What does a young boy do at the beginning of Act 3?

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

7. How does Peer describe the tree he is cutting down at the beginning of Act 3?

8. What does Peer say before and after he finds the robes?

9. Who does Peer meet after leaving Ingrid, and what does he do with them?

10. What is the Lean Man's job?

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