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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Long after Tzeitel's wedding, someone asks the rabbi if he's heard the news. The rabbi asks if it's more bad news, and the reply is ______________.
(a) It's not the best, but I've heard worse.
(b) Yes, terrible news.
(c) It depends on how you look at it.
(d) No, good news.

2. When Yente hands a letter to Tzeitel, what else does she say?
(a) Tevye owes her money.
(b) Perchik will never return to Hodel.
(c) Golde insulted her.
(d) She often spots Chava and Fyedka together.

3. Hodel tells Tevye that Perchik is in trouble but through no fault of his own. When Tevye expresses doubt, Hodel reminds him about the stories of _____________.
(a) Daniel and the lion's den.
(b) David and Bathsheba.
(c) Abraham and Moses.
(d) Jacob and Rachel.

4. In the final scene, where does Motel say he, Tzeitel, and the baby will be going to?
(a) New York City.
(b) Warsaw.
(c) Moscow.
(d) Chicago.

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

6. Fyedka comes to Motel's shop, picks up a shirt, and offers congratulations. When he leaves the shop, who discreetly follows Fyedka?
(a) Tzeitel.
(b) Chava.
(c) Golde.
(d) Motel.

7. As Yente and other women of the village gossip, the story keeps changing. By the end of their gossiping, everyone mistakenly thinks that who has been arrested?
(a) Golde.
(b) Hodel.
(c) Motel.
(d) Tevye.

8. After Tevye's talk with Chava regarding Fyedka, the audience finds Tevye talking with God and pulling his cart. Why isn't his horse pulling it?
(a) The blacksmith is putting new shoes on his horse.
(b) He figures his horse has worked more than enough that day.
(c) The horse has run off.
(d) The horse still has a bad leg.

9. When everyone talks about big news, the audience is led to believe that Tzeitel and Motel _______________.
(a) Just had a baby.
(b) Set up a flower stand.
(c) Have separated.
(d) Received a fortune from a rich uncle.

10. Long after Tzeitel's wedding, upon hearing of big news, the villagers trade _______________.
(a) Insults.
(b) Gasps.
(c) Condolences.
(d) Mazeltovs.

11. While Yente talks with Golde about possible matches for her youngest daughters, several men come to the house and ask for ______________.
(a) Water.
(b) Tevye.
(c) Soup.
(d) Perchik.

12. When Tevye reluctantly lets Hodel leave, he asks God to see that she ______________.
(a) Comes back soon.
(b) Dresses warm.
(c) Doesn't starve.
(d) Doesn't make a mistake.

13. As the pair sits together at the railroad station ________________.
(a) Hodel and Tzeitel wish each other good luck in life.
(b) Hodel tells Tevye he doesn't have to wait with her.
(c) Tevye tells Motel to come back to Tzeitel soon.
(d) Tzeitel cries and asks why Motel must leave.

14. Golde tells Tevye that in her search for Chava, she went to talk to the priest. What did the priest tell her?
(a) He swore he would not reveal Chava's whereabouts.
(b) Chava is pregnant and frightened.
(c) He didn't know anything.
(d) Chava and Fyedka were married.

15. As the villagers ask Tevye if he's seen the constable and then share with him rumors they've heard, the constable walks in and tells everyone what?
(a) They need to leave their village in three days.
(b) He will have to arrest them if they don't go home.
(c) The Tsar will be stopping by that evening.
(d) He's looking for more men to join the Russian army.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helps the elderly rabbi to the table?

2. In his conversation with God following the wedding, what else does Tevye mention to God as needing attention?

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

4. Why is one of Tevye's daughters going to Siberia?

5. What does Lazar say when he first stands up to talk at Tzeitel and Motel's wedding celebration?

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