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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 Peer say he feels for all women?

3. What is the name of Solveig's sister?

4. Who claims to have had Peer's child?

5. What does Peer think he hears after he loses hope while traveling in the second scene?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Peer do when he sees the Sphinx?

2. What does Peer decide to do after his mother's death?

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

4. What does Peer do when he sees Solveig's hut?

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

6. Why does Peer think the young boy did what he did at the beginning of Act 3?

7. Where is Peer, and who is he with at the beginning of Act 3?

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

9. What happens while Peer is living in a tree?

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

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

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.

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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