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

2. Peer's mother hopes something will happen to Peer during the wedding. What does she hope will happen?

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

4. What does Peer ask some people to do when he first arrives at the wedding?

5. What happens to the wedding festivities when Peer arrives?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the Lean Man's job?

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

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

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

6. What does Peer do with Ingrid that could merit his hanging?

7. What happens to the yacht stolen by Peer's friends, and how does Peer react?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Power and greed are two common themes in this book. Where do they appear, and how do they differ in their manifestations?

Essay Topic 2

What are some of the forms of foreshadowing used in this book, and how do those moments affect the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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