1. In the "Tradition" song, each daughter is prepared to marry ____________.
(a) Whoever Papa picks.
(b) The man of her choice.
(c) Whoever the matchmaker chooses.
(d) By the age of twenty.

2. When Tevye first offers Perchik a piece of cheese, why does Perchik decline?
(a) He doesn't want to look greedy.
(b) He has no money.
(c) He doesn't trust Tevye.
(d) He just ate.

3. According to the "Tradition" song, what are the "Mamas" expected to do?
(a) Raise the family and run the home.
(b) Teach daughters to read.
(c) Feed the husband and wash clothes.
(d) Teach sons to pray.

4. Tevye claims that without their traditions, the villagers' lives would be ______________.
(a) As lonely as a frightened fiddler.
(b) As empty as a drained milk jug.
(c) As shaky as a fiddler on the roof.
(d) As cold as a Siberian winter.

5. When addressing the audience at the start of the story, Tevye explains that in his community balance is kept through what?
(a) Tradition.
(b) Law and order.
(c) Hard work.
(d) Poverty.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a beggar gets only one coin this week, he complains that he got two coins the previous week. The donor explains he had a bad week, to which the beggar replies:

2. When Tevye asks Perchik how he makes money, what does Perchik say?

3. What is Motel's job?

4. When Golde asks her daughter Chava if she has finished milking the cows, what does Chava accidentally drop?

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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