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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Peer talk to Aase about when he visits her in Act 3, Scene 4?
(a) His love for her.
(b) His home in the woods.
(c) His childhood.
(d) Her strength.

2. The woman Peer meets after his vision convinces Peer to do what?
(a) Marry her.
(b) Help her.
(c) Meet her father.
(d) Kiss her.

3. How many times does Peer hear the strange sound just before he sees the wedding?
(a) Once.
(b) Four times.
(c) Twice.
(d) Three times.

4. What is Aase's friend helping her do when she first appears in Act 2?
(a) Building a barn.
(b) Packing her house.
(c) Planting a garden.
(d) Selling her belongings.

5. What does Peer compare a tree to at the beginning of Act 3?
(a) An old man.
(b) The world.
(c) His strength.
(d) A ship.

6. Who is the first person Peer sees when he wakes up in Act 2, Scene 7?
(a) Solveig.
(b) Solveig's sister.
(c) Ingrid.
(d) Aase.

7. When Peer is traveling, what does he hear people saying during second scene of the play?
(a) News that Inga is looking for Peer.
(b) Bad things about him and his family.
(c) Word that Ingrid is already married.
(d) Rumors about his mother.

8. What do the men at the doors of the wedding ask Peer to do?
(a) Tell a story.
(b) Leave the wedding.
(c) Be more subtle.
(d) Get them a drink.

9. What happens to Peer when he leaps during his vision?
(a) He breaks his leg.
(b) He cuts his foot.
(c) He hits his head.
(d) He falls into a pit.

10. What message does Peer send to Solveig with his gift?
(a) "I know my heart now."
(b) "Come back to me."
(c) "Please forgive me."
(d) "Don't forget me."

11. Who speaks in the first scene of Act 3?
(a) Peer and the preacher.
(b) Peer and the boy.
(c) The narrator and Peer.
(d) Peer.

12. What does Peer say he lost while he was hunting?
(a) His game.
(b) His hat.
(c) His gun.
(d) His boots.

13. What is Aase's last name?
(a) Gynte.
(b) Gynt.
(c) Peer.
(d) Peers.

14. Who helps Peer's mother after Peer runs off?
(a) A young dog.
(b) A traveling salesman.
(c) Two old women.
(d) A flock of birds.

15. What is the name of Aase's best friend?
(a) Kari.
(b) Karilee.
(c) Karli.
(d) Karla.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act 2, Scene 7, what does Peer give to Solveig?

2. Where does Ingrid plan to go after Peer kidnaps her?

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

4. Where is Peer at the beginning of Act 3?

5. In Act 3, Scene 4, where does Peer say he is going?

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