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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Perchik tells Hodel that traditions are changing in other places, with boys and girls holding hands and even doing what together?
(a) Worshipping.
(b) Working.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Studying.

2. When Tevye tells Golde about his frightening dream, he begins by saying that all the people they knew were _______________.
(a) At a celebration.
(b) Traveling by boat.
(c) At a funeral.
(d) Packing their belongings.

3. When Tzeitel and Motel talk while they prepare for the Sabbath, what does Motel tell Tzeitel that he plans to purchase?
(a) Sewing machine.
(b) Milking cow.
(c) Small farm.
(d) Typewriter.

4. At the conclusion of Act 1, Scene 1, why are Golde and Tevye's daughters hoping the matchmaker will take her time finding them a match?
(a) They don't want to leave their parents and sisters.
(b) They want to travel and see the world before getting married.
(c) They're scared of getting stuck with a bad husband.
(d) They want to finish school first.

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

6. Who steps into Motel's shop when he steps out for a few moments?
(a) Perchik.
(b) The constable.
(c) Lazar Wolf.
(d) Russians.

7. Who appears to Tevye in his dream after Grandmother Tzeitel is done talking to him?
(a) Lazar Wolf.
(b) Young Tzeitel.
(c) Uncle Mordechai.
(d) Fruma Sarah.

8. At their wedding, what is placed over Motel and Tzeitel?
(a) Arch.
(b) Flag.
(c) Pine branches.
(d) Canopy.

9. When Motel tells Tevye that he wants to marry Tzeitel, he explains that a year ago, they _______________.
(a) Decided to marry each other and move to America.
(b) Fell in love with each other.
(c) Were secretly engaged.
(d) Made a pledge to marry each other.

10. When Golde finds Perchik teaching her younger daughters, what does she say?
(a) The lesson is interesting but not very applicable.
(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 completely pointless.

11. When Tevye asks Perchik how he makes money, what does Perchik say?
(a) He's an actor.
(b) He's a tutor.
(c) He runs errands.
(d) He repairs roofs.

12. What common interest do Chava and Fyedka share?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Reading.
(c) Sewing.
(d) Historical trivia.

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

14. After the Sabbath, where does Tevye go to meet Lazar in order to talk to him?
(a) The general store.
(b) The market.
(c) The inn.
(d) An expensive restaurant.

15. At Motel and Tzeitel's wedding, who wonders if they'll be married one day?
(a) The village's bachelors.
(b) Chava and Fyedka.
(c) Perchik and Hodel.
(d) Tevye's youngest daughters.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Golde react to the news the matchmaker delivers regarding the butcher?

2. What does Perchik teach Hodel that he says he learned in Kiev?

3. Tevye convinces himself that by marrying Lazar, Tzeitel will never know what?

4. With Tevye, Lazar, and other men roaming the streets drunk, the constable appears. What does he ask?

5. Tevye tells Lazar that he always wanted a son but _______________.

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