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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With Tevye, Lazar, and other men roaming the streets drunk, the constable appears. What does he ask?
(a) What they are celebrating.
(b) Why they are being so loud.
(c) If their wives know where they are.
(d) If they know what time it is.

2. When gossip started by Yente spreads like wildfire, changing along the way, the village blames the supposed woes befalling Tevye's family upon _____________.
(a) The growing revolution.
(b) Tevye's daughters growing in independence.
(c) The fact that everyone danced together at the wedding.
(d) Tzeitel refusing to accept the match with Lazar.

3. What common interest do Chava and Fyedka share?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Sewing.
(c) Reading.
(d) Historical trivia.

4. At their wedding, what is placed over Motel and Tzeitel?
(a) Pine branches.
(b) Arch.
(c) Flag.
(d) Canopy.

5. Some time after Perchik leaves the village, Yente comes by with a letter she picked up at the post office. It's from Perchik, and it's for ______________.
(a) Tevye.
(b) Motel.
(c) The rabbi.
(d) Hodel.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Tevye's celebratory mood is changed by the sobering conversation with the constable, what does the fiddler's appearance represent?

2. Once Tevye and Lazar agree to an arranged marriage between Lazar and Tzeitel, what do the men drink to?

3. Through Tevye's conversation with God, what do we learn about Tzeitel and Motel after their wedding?

4. When Tevye sings "If I Were A Rich Man," he says that he'd build a house with one staircase going up, one going down, and the third _____________.

5. Who helps the elderly rabbi to the table?

(see the answer key)

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