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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the wedding ceremony is over and the celebrating begins, what does Mordcha say when he asks for silence?
(a) Asks people to not get too loud.
(b) Tells everyone drinks are on the house.
(c) Invites everyone to dance.
(d) Blesses the couple.

2. When Avram waves a newspaper, what terrible news from another town does he announce?
(a) The Tsar arrested town leaders.
(b) A flood devastated the town.
(c) Russian soldiers attacked the Jews.
(d) All the Jews were evicted.

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

4. In his conversation with God following the wedding, what else does Tevye mention to God as needing attention?
(a) The roof of his house.
(b) His dilapidated barn.
(c) His horse's leg.
(d) His cow's health.

5. When Perchik praises Hodel's quick and witty tongue, Tevye says that _____________.
(a) The wit comes from him and the tongue comes from her mother.
(b) All of his daughters are witty, quick, and wise.
(c) Hodel has the quickest, wittiest tongue of anyone in the family.
(d) The tongue comes from him and the wit comes from her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. 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 _____________.

3. When the constable leaves after his private conversation with Tevye, what does Tevye ask God?

4. When Lazar finally realizes that Tevye thinks he's talking about buying his cow, how does he react?

5. At the start of Act 1, Scene 2, Tevye enters pulling a cart. He addresses God, asking what?

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