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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Tevye asks Perchik how he makes money, what does Perchik say?
(a) He's a tutor.
(b) He's an actor.
(c) He runs errands.
(d) He repairs roofs.

2. What common interest do Chava and Fyedka share?
(a) Sewing.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Reading.
(d) Historical trivia.

3. At the start of Act 1, Scene 2, Tevye enters pulling a cart. He addresses God, asking what?
(a) Whose idea it was to make him a milkman.
(b) When his daughters will marry.
(c) Why his life continues to be so difficult.
(d) Where he can find the riches he wants.

4. When Sasha and another Russian harass Chava, what does Fyedka do?
(a) Joins them.
(b) Looks the other way.
(c) Punches them.
(d) Asks them to stop.

5. When Tevye sings "If I Were A Rich Man," he says that he'd build a house with one staircase going up, one going down, and the third _____________.
(a) Extending into the cellar.
(b) Going sideways.
(c) Going nowhere.
(d) Extending beyond the roof.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Tevye talks to himself about Lazar, wondering whether or not to give permission for the marriage, he says that ______________.

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

3. When Golde finds Perchik teaching her younger daughters, what does she say?

4. When Lazar finally realizes that Tevye thinks he's talking about buying his cow, how does he react?

5. As Tevye sits and talks to God after Tzeitel and Motel are married, what does he request?

(see the answer key)

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