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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lazar say when he first stands up to talk at Tzeitel and Motel's wedding celebration?
(a) He has no ill feelings.
(b) Motel better watch out.
(c) He'll get over his heartbreak eventually.
(d) Her never stood a chance.

2. What does Lazar give the newlyweds, Tzeitel and Motel?
(a) A silver platter.
(b) A gold goblet.
(c) Two cows.
(d) Five chickens.

3. As Perchik tries to talk to Hodel, who is very unhappy with him, what does he say?
(a) He didn't mean to fall in love with someone else.
(b) Their dance was innocent and nobody minded it.
(c) He's leaving for Kiev the next morning.
(d) He can't stand living in the village any longer.

4. When the matchmaker brings Golde a couple of teen boys for her youngest daughters, what does Golde say?
(a) Go away and leave us alone.
(b) The boys don't even have beards yet.
(c) Her daughters are still too young.
(d) These boys are perfect.

5. Villagers are asking the rabbi and each other about the big news, which is about a new _______________.
(a) Tsar.
(b) Arrival.
(c) Skirmish.
(d) Match.

6. 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) No, good news.
(d) It depends on how you look at it.

7. When Chava tries to talk to Tevye about the feelings she and Fyedka have for each other, Tevye says it would make him happy if _______________.
(a) She would let the matchmaker do her job.
(b) She followed her heart.
(c) Fyedka left their village.
(d) They remained friends from a distance.

8. From the letter Yente picks up and delivers to Tzeitel, everyone learns that Perchik ________________.
(a) Has become a professor.
(b) Will be gone for years.
(c) Has been arrested.
(d) Is working as a spy.

9. At the end of the story, Yente says she will go where?
(a) The Holy Land.
(b) America.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) South America.

10. 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 still has a bad leg.
(d) The horse has run off.

11. 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 and Fyedka were married.
(c) Chava is pregnant and frightened.
(d) He didn't know anything.

12. Inside Motel's shop, the villagers are gathered to see ______________.
(a) Motel and Tzeitel's new baby.
(b) Tzeitel's new dress.
(c) The used sewing machine that just arrived.
(d) Motel and Tzeitel's new flower stand.

13. When Shandel crosses the stage in a rush and a woman asks her where she's running, Shandel replies ________________.
(a) To see Golde.
(b) To the matchmaker's place.
(c) To the marketplace.
(d) To Motel's house.

14. After Golde tells Tevye what she's learned about Chava, what does Tevye say?
(a) He tells Golde to go home because they have other children at home.
(b) He asks Golde to pray with him.
(c) He screams that he's going to find Fyedka and kill him.
(d) He tells Golde that he will round up a search party immediately.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Tevye reluctantly lets Hodel leave, he asks God to see that she ______________.

2. Some time after the wedding and the ruckus created by Russian soldiers, Tevye sits outside his home, talking to God. What does he start out talking about?

3. Why is everyone shocked when, at Tzeitel's wedding reception, Perchik asks Hodel to dance with him?

4. When Tevye comes in following Perchik's marriage proposal to Hodel, Perchik says he has bad news and good news. What is the bad news?

5. Long after Tzeitel's wedding, upon hearing of big news, the villagers trade _______________.

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