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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 kind of birds does Peer see in his vision?

2. What does Peer risk to see Aase one last time?

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

4. Who does Peer meet after his vision?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the groom finds out that Peer has run away with Ingrid?

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

3. What does Peer ask permission to do to repent of his sins, and how does the button moulder respond?

4. What does Peer do when Helga tries to leave after he wakes up from his attack?

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

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

7. What does Aslak say when Peer sees him on his way to Ingrid's wedding, and how does Peer react to this?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fear is a common theme presented a number of times by a number of characters. What are some of these instances, and how does fear affect the characters in the book?

Essay Topic 2

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect that characters involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 3

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

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