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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 Tevye and Lazar meet to talk, what does Tevye think they're discussing?
(a) Going into business together.
(b) Buying Tevye's little milk cow.
(c) Purchasing Tevye's house.
(d) Increasing Lazar's milk order.

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

3. As they make preparations for the Sabbath, what does Tzeitel urge Motel to do?
(a) Talk to Tevye before it's too late.
(b) Bring in extra food from his house.
(c) Find out who Perchik really is.
(d) Distract Lazar so Tevye can't talk to him.

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) Tricks Jacob.
(d) Abandons Jacob.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Tevye live?

2. At the start of Act 1, Scene 2, Tevye enters pulling a cart. He addresses God, asking what?

3. Why does the constable give Tevye confidential information?

4. After teaching Tevye's daughters the story of Laban and Jacob, what does Perchik say is the moral of the story?

5. Perchik teaches Shprintze and Bielke outside their home as they do what?

(see the answer key)

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