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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Prologue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before coming to the village, Perchik was a university student where?
(a) Kiev.
(b) Krakow.
(c) Kazan.
(d) Kaunas.

2. When Hodel comments on Perchik's lesson about Laban and Jacob, what does she say?
(a) The story has nothing to do with her sisters.
(b) The rabbi would have a different interpretation.
(c) He doesn't know what he's talking about.
(d) She never heard that story before.

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

4. When Golde asks Tevye where his horse is, what does Tevye reply?
(a) He was stolen.
(b) He's at the blacksmith's.
(c) He's at the veterinarian's.
(d) He ran away.

5. What does Perchik teach Hodel that he says he learned in Kiev?
(a) A song.
(b) A poem.
(c) A prayer.
(d) A dance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who steps into Motel's shop when he steps out for a few moments?

2. How do the villagers feel about the news that Tzeitel will be marrying Motel instead of Lazar?

3. At the start of Act 1, Scene 2, Tevye enters pulling a cart. He addresses God, asking what?

4. In the lesson that Perchik tells Tevye's daughters about Laban and Jacob, what does Laban do?

5. Perchik tells Hodel that traditions are changing in other places, with boys and girls holding hands and even doing what together?

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