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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. In the "Tradition" song, each daughter is prepared to marry ____________.
(a) The man of her choice.
(b) Whoever Papa picks.
(c) By the age of twenty.
(d) Whoever the matchmaker chooses.

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

3. Through Tevye's conversation with God, what do we learn about Tzeitel and Motel after their wedding?
(a) They're desperately struggling to get by.
(b) They're happy despite living in poverty.
(c) They're having trouble in their marriage.
(d) Lazar won't leave them alone.

4. What wedding gifts do Tevye and Golde give to the newly married couple, Tzeitel and Motel?
(a) Sewing machine and yards of cloth.
(b) Featherbed, goose pillows, and candlesticks.
(c) Kitchen table, plates, and mugs.
(d) Towels and scented soaps.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the lesson that Perchik tells Tevye's daughters about Laban and Jacob, what does Laban do?

2. What does Lazar give the newlyweds, Tzeitel and Motel?

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

4. After Tevye gives Lazar permission to marry his daughter, the men go out into the street drunk. What fact does Lazar point out to Tevye?

5. When Motel manages to get Tevye's attention right before everyone has dinner, he wants to talk about Tzeitel but all he is able to say is what?

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