can you complete a quest while a monster and or/minion is on the same location?

1)Location is(was) perilous, with monster,..

2)survived peril ,..

3.0)wanted to complete quest, but

3.1)must the monster be defeated before the quest can be completed in the explore phase?

and can you do anything from the explore step while it's occupied by monsters or minions?

Note that during Combat/Peril step, Sauron can only pick one or the other, so if he picks Peril, monster doesn't do anything. For the hero, as long as your turn doesn't end during Combat/Peril, you move on to Explore and can complete your Quest even with a monster there. And after doing the Quest, could even continue to move, again ignoring the monster.

Cool,.. wasn't sure if you needed to defeat the enemy before hand,..

Thanks for the quick reply,.. I just got this game, so I might be buggin you guys soon with more questions?

Again, thanks,...

Oh,.. can 2 plots take up the same location?,..

Depends on the Plots. Some say you can't have another Plot there (like the 2 Broken Line of Kings, can't have them target the same Haven), others you can, like the two Isengard Plots (Saruman and Uruk-hai IIRC).

Yeah,.. I came across those plot cards last night,.. made me chuckle,.. they answered the question,..

Thanks alot dirty mind dude,..