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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Motel and Tzeitel have been friends since:
(a) The fourth grade.
(b) They were babies.
(c) Tzeitel saved Motel's life.
(d) Motel moved next door.

2. Some time after Perchik leaves the village, Yente comes by with a letter she picked up at the post office. It's from Perchik, and it's for ______________.
(a) Hodel.
(b) The rabbi.
(c) Motel.
(d) Tevye.

3. When Tevye comes in following Perchik's marriage proposal to Hodel, Perchik says he has bad news and good news. What is the bad news?
(a) His friends were caught stealing.
(b) He broke his arm.
(c) He's leaving the next day.
(d) He's run out of money.

4. Lazar tries to convince Tevye to agree to a marriage between him and Tzeitel by explaining that he's well off and ________________.
(a) He'll take good care of her.
(b) She'll have nice clothes and furniture.
(c) He has a very big house.
(d) She wouldn't have to clean because he has a housekeeper.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At their wedding, where do Tzeitel and Motel stand relative to other people?

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

3. When Yente hands a letter to Tzeitel, what else does she say?

4. Fyedka comes to Motel's shop, picks up a shirt, and offers congratulations. When he leaves the shop, who discreetly follows Fyedka?

5. The village matchmaker, who has been a widow for a long time, claims that a bad husband:

(see the answer key)

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