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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Peer describe his life after he is abandoned by Anitra in Act 4, Scene 1?
(a) Fulfilling.
(b) Lonely.
(c) Deceiving.
(d) Empty.

2. Where does Peer go after Anitra leaves him?
(a) Morocco.
(b) Sweden.
(c) America.
(d) Egypt.

3. What does Anitra ask Peer to give her when he offers to educate her?
(a) Some jewels.
(b) A house.
(c) An opal.
(d) A book.

4. Who is with Peer after the ship has sunk?
(a) The Stranger.
(b) The Cook.
(c) The Captain.
(d) The Cabin boy.

5. What does Peer do when he first sees Solveig at the end of the book?
(a) Cries and wails.
(b) Falls on his knees.
(c) Faints.
(d) Kisses her.

6. Why does Peer run away from Solveig's hut again?
(a) He is not worthy of her.
(b) He fears she will be angry.
(c) She does not love him.
(d) There is another man there.

7. Where does Peer take Anitra on their ride together?
(a) To his mother's home.
(b) Across the desert.
(c) To a cave.
(d) Across the ocean.

8. What does Anitra think is happening while she is on her ride with Peer?
(a) She will be found by her father.
(b) She will find a new life.
(c) She is getting married.
(d) She is being kidnapped.

9. Why does the dead man have to re-build his farm?
(a) It crumbled due to age.
(b) It was destroyed in a flood.
(c) It blew over in a storm.
(d) It was burnt down.

10. Peer is challenged in poem form spoken by ______________ in Act 4, Scene11.
(a) A tree.
(b) A cloud.
(c) A snake.
(d) A statue.

11. What does the button moulder say must be used to discover the True Self?
(a) Trust.
(b) Intuition.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Spiritual guidance.

12. Peer grateful for what after he joins the funeral procession?
(a) He has time to get a family.
(b) It is not his funeral.
(c) He did not know the man.
(d) He did not die at sea.

13. Who is the first person Peer asks to be a witness for him?
(a) The Passenger.
(b) The Troll King.
(c) Solveig.
(d) The Woman in Green.

14. How does Peer say people act when they are on ships?
(a) Withdrawn and callow.
(b) Braver than they are.
(c) Less useful than they are.
(d) Less than themselves.

15. Of what does the Sphinx remind Peer?
(a) Solveig.
(b) Aase.
(c) The Troll King.
(d) The Boyg.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Peer as he runs away from Solveig's hut again?

2. Where has Peer been featured for his Troll-like behavior?

3. What does Peer find to eat after the auction?

4. In what does Peer rejoice after the Moroccan thieves run off?

5. What does Peer call the philosophy that led to his success?

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