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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Perchik states that girls should also learn, how does Mendel react?
(a) He's shocked.
(b) He agrees.
(c) He's deeply offended.
(d) He laughs uncontrollably.

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

3. When Tevye talks to himself about Lazar, wondering whether or not to give permission for the marriage, he says that ______________.
(a) He never really liked Lazar.
(b) Lazar would make an excellent husband.
(c) This might be Tzeitel's only chance.
(d) Tzeitel would be fine with marrying the butcher.

4. When Perchik finally takes the cheese Tevye offers him, what does Tevye say?
(a) It's no crime being poor.
(b) Don't forget to thank God for it.
(c) There's always room for a bit of cheese.
(d) The villagers can be trusted.

5. Tevye convinces himself that by marrying Lazar, Tzeitel will never know what?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Pain.
(c) Loneliness.
(d) Hunger.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lazar tries to convince Tevye to agree to a marriage between him and Tzeitel by explaining that he's well off and ________________.

2. When Perchik tells Tevye's family that he's a good teacher, how does Hodel respond?

3. When addressing the audience at the start of the story, Tevye explains that in his community balance is kept through what?

4. As everyone prepares for the Sabbath, what does Tzeitel tell Motel when they are alone?

5. Hearing the news of the upcoming marriage, Russians who were sitting and drinking nearby bestow the following words upon Lazar and Tevye:

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