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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. How many times does Peer hear the strange sound just before he sees the wedding?

2. Why is Aase's home taken away from her?

3. What did a preacher once say about Peer that made him cocky?

4. Where does Peer put his mother before running off?

5. Where is Aase in her last scene of the play?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Peer meet after his vision, and what does she convince him to do?

2. What does Peer do when the cook starts to let go of the raft?

3. What happens when Peer has a vision?

4. What happens the morning after Peer kidnaps Ingrid from her wedding?

5. What does Peer do when he sees people dancing at the wedding?

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

7. What does Solveig do when she sees Peer at the end of the play?

8. How does Anitra abandon Peer?

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

10. What does the button moulder say he has come to do to Peer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Despair is a theme that is placed in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role does despair play in this book?

Essay Topic 2

Solveig and Aase are two very similar people, and yet they have some very notable and important differences. Using the text to support your theories, write a compare/contrast essay about these two characters

Essay Topic 3

Diversity is a major theme in this play as many different lifestyles and ranks in society are involved. How is this theme shown in this book, and why do you think the author feels it is so important?

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