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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. After Tevye says to God, "I know we are the chosen people," what does he ask?
(a) Why being chosen carries so much responsibility.
(b) Why he can't trade jobs with the constable.
(c) Why God can't choose someone else once in a while.
(d) Why God won't choose an easier life for him.

2. When one of her daughters reminds Golde that Tevye works hard, what does Golde say?
(a) She works hardest.
(b) Traditions are more important to him than work.
(c) His horse works harder.
(d) The dairy cows do all the work.

3. Before Perchik proposes to Hodel, he says that marriage must be founded on ______________.
(a) Mutual beliefs.
(b) Love and devotion.
(c) Friendship.
(d) Trust.

4. As everyone sings "Sunrise, Sunset" in the wedding scene, Golde says, "Wasn't it yesterday when they ... :"
(a) Were small.
(b) Wore diapers.
(c) Played hopscotch.
(d) Made mud cakes.

5. After the wedding, Tevye speaks to God and starts to say, "As the Good Book says ..." but then stops himself. What does he say right afterward?
(a) Forgive me, I wasn't thinking.
(b) Oops, I forgot who I was talking to.
(c) Why should I tell you what the Good Book says?
(d) Ah, you already know what is written in the Good Book.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Golde finds Perchik teaching her younger daughters, what does she say?

2. What news does the matchmaker deliver to Golde and her daughters regarding the butcher, Lazar Wolf?

3. When Tevye comes in following Perchik's marriage proposal to Hodel, Perchik says he has bad news and good news. What is the good news?

4. Why does the constable give Tevye confidential information?

5. When the two Russians who were bothering Chava leave, what does Fyedka do?

(see the answer key)

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