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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Perchik praises Hodel's quick and witty tongue, Tevye says that _____________.
(a) Hodel has the quickest, wittiest tongue of anyone in the family.
(b) All of his daughters are witty, quick, and wise.
(c) The wit comes from him and the tongue comes from her mother.
(d) The tongue comes from him and the wit comes from her mother.

2. When Hodel comments on Perchik's lesson about Laban and Jacob, what does she say?
(a) She never heard that story before.
(b) He doesn't know what he's talking about.
(c) The story has nothing to do with her sisters.
(d) The rabbi would have a different interpretation.

3. What news does the matchmaker deliver to Golde and her daughters regarding the butcher, Lazar Wolf?
(a) He has been imprisoned.
(b) He's interested in Tzeitel.
(c) He has a gift for them.
(d) His son is interested in Tzeitel.

4. In the lesson that Perchik tells Tevye's daughters about Laban and Jacob, what does Laban do?
(a) Throws Jacob into a well.
(b) Steals from Jacob.
(c) Abandons Jacob.
(d) Tricks Jacob.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Tevye and Lazar meet to talk, what does Tevye think they're discussing?

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

3. When the constable leaves after his private conversation with Tevye, what does Tevye ask God?

4. After Tevye asks God several "whys" following his conversation with the constable, how does he end his talk with God?

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

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