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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Despite how the villagers feel about Motel and Tzeitel's upcoming wedding, what do they say to Motel?
(a) How could you?
(b) Good luck.
(c) Mazeltov.
(d) Be prosperous and fruitful.

2. After taking the cheese Tevye offers, what does Perchik say about the rich?
(a) He wants to be like them.
(b) He admires them.
(c) They eat too much.
(d) They are criminals.

3. Why is everyone shocked when, at Tzeitel's wedding reception, Perchik asks Hodel to dance with him?
(a) Perchik is much older than Hodel.
(b) It's against tradition for men and women to dance together.
(c) The first dance is reserved for the parents of the couple.
(d) The matchmaker has found someone else for Hodel.

4. Why is one of Tevye's daughters going to Siberia?
(a) The youngest will be going to school there.
(b) Perchik has been arrested and Hodel wants to go help him.
(c) Chava is running away to marry Fyedka.
(d) Tzeitel is going to ask for financial help from a relative there.

5. When Perchik wants to know why Hodel is so interested in the rabbi's son, what does she say?
(a) It's absolutely none of his business.
(b) He's smart, handsome, and well respected.
(c) At least he doesn't have crazy ideas about changing the world.
(d) She's been good friends with the rabbi's son since they were seven.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is listening in as Perchik teaches Shprintze and Bielke?

2. Long after Tzeitel's wedding, someone asks the rabbi if he's heard the news. The rabbi asks if it's more bad news, and the reply is ______________.

3. As Tevye sits and talks to God after Tzeitel and Motel are married, what does he request?

4. Some time after the wedding and the ruckus created by Russian soldiers, Tevye sits outside his home, talking to God. What does he start out talking about?

5. Why does the constable give Tevye confidential information?

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