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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. In Act 2, Scene 7, what does Solveig do after speaking with Peer?

5. What is the punishment for the crime Peer committed after kidnapping Ingrid?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Peer do when the cook starts to let go of the raft?

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

3. What does Peer do to make up for all the evil he put into the world?

4. Why does Aase lose her home?

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

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

7. How does Anitra abandon Peer?

8. What happens the morning after Peer kidnaps Ingrid from her wedding?

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

10. What happens when Peer meets the stranger on the ship?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does symbolism play in the story, and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

Essay Topic 2

Honor is something that many of the main characters are striving for in this book. Who is most affected by this pursuit, and how does it change the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

The Troll King presents a very interesting and unique philosophy on life. What is this philosophy, and how does this different idealism affect the people around him?

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