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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Motel's job?
(a) Dairyman.
(b) Tailor.
(c) Innkeeper.
(d) Banker.

2. When Golde asks her daughter Chava if she has finished milking the cows, what does Chava accidentally drop?
(a) A Book.
(b) A Milk jug.
(c) A Love letter.
(d) A Candle.

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

4. In the first act, what blessing does the rabbi give the Tsar?
(a) Abundant patience and tolerance.
(b) Bless him and keep him away from their village.
(c) Bless him and keep him out of trouble.
(d) Abundant tasks to keep him occupied.

5. Why does the matchmaker feel that the shoemaker's daughter, who has poor eyesight, is a good match for a particular young man?
(a) He's twice her age.
(b) He can't hear well.
(c) He can afford to buy her glasses.
(d) He's not much to look at.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why are traditions important to Tevye?

3. After taking the cheese Tevye offers, what does Perchik say about the rich?

4. What news does the matchmaker deliver to Golde and her daughters regarding the butcher, Lazar Wolf?

5. Before coming to the village, Perchik was a university student where?

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