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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. What do the men at the doors of the wedding ask Peer to do?

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

3. Who is the first person Peer sees after visiting his mother in Act 3, Scene 4?

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

5. What does Peer want to be when he grows up?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Peer's mother think makes Peer so arrogant?

4. What does the Woman in Green tell Peer she will do to him when she finds him in the woods?

5. Why does Aase lose her home?

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

7. What happens when Peer refuses to allow his eye to be cut in order to look more like a troll?

8. What does Peer hear from other travelers as he heads to Ingrid's wedding?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Many different characters in this book were persuaded to do things that they would not have done of their own accord? What are some of these instances, and how does persuasion affect the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Despair is a theme that is placed in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role does despair play in this book?

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