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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As everyone sings "Sunrise, Sunset" in the wedding scene, Golde says, "Wasn't it yesterday when they ... :"
(a) Wore diapers.
(b) Made mud cakes.
(c) Were small.
(d) Played hopscotch.

2. When Tevye talks to himself about Lazar, wondering whether or not to give permission for the marriage, he says that ______________.
(a) Tzeitel would be fine with marrying the butcher.
(b) He never really liked Lazar.
(c) This might be Tzeitel's only chance.
(d) Lazar would make an excellent husband.

3. What is Yente's role in the village?
(a) Seamstress.
(b) Matchmaker.
(c) Waitress.
(d) Peacemaker.

4. When Tevye asks Shprintze and Bielke if they want to take lessons from Perchik, how do the girls respond?
(a) They ask their mother.
(b) They giggle and say yes.
(c) They refuse.
(d) They say they're not sure.

5. According to the "Tradition" song sung by everyone, what are the "Papas" expected to do?
(a) Scramble for a living.
(b) Plant seasonal crops.
(c) Work to keep the peace.
(d) Mend broken roofs.

6. Before Tevye arrives to talk with Lazar, the butcher orders what?
(a) A cup of coffee and a cup of tea.
(b) Two mugs of hot soup.
(c) Two glasses and a bottle of brandy.
(d) Two cups of coffee.

7. When Avram waves a newspaper, what terrible news from another town does he announce?
(a) Russian soldiers attacked the Jews.
(b) A flood devastated the town.
(c) All the Jews were evicted.
(d) The Tsar arrested town leaders.

8. At the wedding of Tzeitel and Motel, where do the men and women go?
(a) Men on one side, women on the other side.
(b) Women with the children, men with the elders.
(c) Women in the front, men in the back.
(d) Everyone mingles.

9. Why are traditions important to Tevye?
(a) God developed them.
(b) Everyone knows their role in life.
(c) They're fun and comfortable.
(d) His ancestors came up with them.

10. Once Tevye and Lazar agree to an arranged marriage between Lazar and Tzeitel, what do the men drink to?
(a) Health, wealth, and wisdom.
(b) To life.
(c) Marriage, family, and grandchildren.
(d) To abundance.

11. In Tevye's dream, why is Lazar Wolf's first wife angry?
(a) Everyone says mean things about her.
(b) She was always an angry person.
(c) Tevye's daughter is marrying her husband.
(d) Lazar doesn't love her anymore.

12. In the wedding scene, Tzeitel enters in her bridal clothes, followed by _________________.
(a) Only the women of the village.
(b) Her mother, father, sisters, and other relatives.
(c) The rabbi and his family.
(d) Twelve bridesmaids.

13. When Perchik praises Hodel's quick and witty tongue, Tevye says that _____________.
(a) Hodel has the quickest, wittiest tongue of anyone in the family.
(b) All of his daughters are witty, quick, and wise.
(c) The wit comes from him and the tongue comes from her mother.
(d) The tongue comes from him and the wit comes from her mother.

14. Who stays behind to keep an eye on Motel's shop when he leaves for a few moments?
(a) Chava.
(b) Tzeitel.
(c) Tevye.
(d) Hodel.

15. When the townspeople Mordcha and Mendel complain toTevye that he forgot their orders for the Sabbath, what does he reply?
(a) They failed to put in their order.
(b) He forgot, and he's sorry.
(c) They haven't paid him yet.
(d) He had trouble with his horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Hodel comments on Perchik's lesson about Laban and Jacob, what does she say?

2. Who appears to Tevye in his dream after Grandmother Tzeitel is done talking to him?

3. Why does the constable give Tevye confidential information?

4. How does Tzeitel react when she learns she is to wed Lazar Wolf?

5. What does Golde realize once Tevye finishes relating his nightmare to her?

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