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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. As the wedding ceremony progresses, the women of the village sing, "One season following another, Laden with ...:"
(a) Happiness and tears.
(b) Laughter and fighting.
(c) Trouble and toil.
(d) Daily doses of elation.

2. Who is listening in as Perchik teaches Shprintze and Bielke?
(a) Tzeitzel.
(b) Motel.
(c) Hodel.
(d) Chava.

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

4. When the townspeople Mordcha and Mendel complain toTevye that he forgot their orders for the Sabbath, what does he reply?
(a) He forgot, and he's sorry.
(b) They haven't paid him yet.
(c) They failed to put in their order.
(d) He had trouble with his horse.

5. When Hodel prepares to marry Perchik, Tevye worries that there will be no one to perform a proper marriage. Hodel assures him that _______________.
(a) They'll invite him to the wedding.
(b) They'll find the best rabbi in town.
(c) They'll marry under a canopy, according to tradition.
(d) Perchik has everything already arranged.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chava is reluctant to take the book Fyedka offers her. In the end, she _____________.

2. Why is everyone shocked when, at Tzeitel's wedding reception, Perchik asks Hodel to dance with him?

3. Where does Lazar say he sees Tzeitel every Thursday?

4. 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?

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

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