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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. What does Golde realize once Tevye finishes relating his nightmare to her?
(a) Lazar is a terrible man.
(b) Grandmother Tzeitel doesn't know what she's talking about.
(c) Tevye made the whole thing up.
(d) Tzeitel marrying Motel is for the best.

2. When Golde finds Perchik teaching her younger daughters, what does she say?
(a) The lesson is completely pointless.
(b) Lesson's over because the girls must help make lunch.
(c) Lesson's over because the girls have to clean the barn.
(d) The lesson is interesting but not very applicable.

3. 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 fact that everyone danced together at the wedding.
(b) Tevye's daughters growing in independence.
(c) The growing revolution.
(d) Tzeitel refusing to accept the match with Lazar.

4. What news does the matchmaker deliver to Golde and her daughters regarding the butcher, Lazar Wolf?
(a) He has been imprisoned.
(b) He's interested in Tzeitel.
(c) His son is interested in Tzeitel.
(d) He has a gift for them.

5. Tevye convinces himself that by marrying Lazar, Tzeitel will never know what?
(a) Pain.
(b) Hunger.
(c) Loneliness.
(d) Poverty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT one of Tevye's daughters?

2. Tevye's conversation with the constable reveals that _______________.

3. At Motel and Tzeitel's wedding, who wonders if they'll be married one day?

4. After Tevye thanks the constable for the privileged information, what else does he say?

5. Who steps into Motel's shop when he steps out for a few moments?

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