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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What old toy of Peer's does Aase's friend find?
(a) A ladle.
(b) A spatula.
(c) A hammer.
(d) A shoe.

3. How many farm girls does Peer meet after leaving Ingrid?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

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

5. How old is Peer when the play begins?
(a) 21.
(b) 19.
(c) 18.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Act 2, Scene 7, who does Peer ask to deliver his gift to Solveig?

3. Who is the second person Peer sees when he wakes up in Act 2, Scene 7?

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

5. Where does Peer wake up after being attacked in Act 2, Scene 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. Before her death, Aase tries to talk to Peer about Ingrid. What does he do?

2. What does Peer say about sailors?

3. What does Peer decide to do after the funeral?

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

5. What do Peer's guests do after hearing about his plans to join the war between the Greeks and the Turks?

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

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

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

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

10. What is the middle aged woman doing at the end of Act 4?

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