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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is listening in as Perchik teaches Shprintze and Bielke?
(a) Hodel.
(b) Motel.
(c) Tzeitzel.
(d) Chava.

2. When Motel tells Tevye that he wants to marry Tzeitel, he explains that a year ago, they _______________.
(a) Were secretly engaged.
(b) Fell in love with each other.
(c) Made a pledge to marry each other.
(d) Decided to marry each other and move to America.

3. Chava is reluctant to take the book Fyedka offers her. In the end, she _____________.
(a) Refuses it.
(b) Throws it down.
(c) Storms out.
(d) Takes it.

4. Despite how the villagers feel about Motel and Tzeitel's upcoming wedding, what do they say to Motel?
(a) Be prosperous and fruitful.
(b) Good luck.
(c) Mazeltov.
(d) How could you?

5. After taking the cheese Tevye offers, what does Perchik say about the rich?
(a) He admires them.
(b) They are criminals.
(c) They eat too much.
(d) He wants to be like them.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Russians join in on the celebratory song and dance between Lazar, Tevye, and other Jews, what is part of the blessing they offer?

2. Where does Lazar say he sees Tzeitel every Thursday?

3. After teaching Tevye's daughters the story of Laban and Jacob, what does Perchik say is the moral of the story?

4. When Avram waves a newspaper, what terrible news from another town does he announce?

5. Tevye convinces himself that by marrying Lazar, Tzeitel will never know what?

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