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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 does Peer say he could not do at the beginning of Act 3?

2. The woman Peer meets after his vision convinces Peer to do what?

3. What does Peer look at that causes him to lose hope as he is traveling during the second scene of the play?

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

5. What does Peer's mother think of her son's hunting story?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Solveig do when she hears Peer bragging after he wakes up from his attack?

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

7. What does Peer do when Helga tries to leave after he wakes up from his attack?

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

9. What does Peer do when he hears that Ingrid is to be married the next day?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect that characters involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 3

The characters in this play all have their own goals and motivations. Select four characters and write their main motivation throughout the book and how this goal affects the characters around them.

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