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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When gossip started by Yente spreads like wildfire, changing along the way, the village blames the supposed woes befalling Tevye's family upon _____________.
(a) Tzeitel refusing to accept the match with Lazar.
(b) The fact that everyone danced together at the wedding.
(c) Tevye's daughters growing in independence.
(d) The growing revolution.

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

3. While everyone's gathered at Motel's shop admiring the new arrival, Golde talks with Tzeitel about what?
(a) The baby.
(b) Tzeitel's sisters.
(c) The responsibility of running a shop.
(d) Tzeitel's relationship with Motel.

4. The boys that the matchmaker brings Golde for her youngest daughters _______________.
(a) Are visiting their relatives in the village.
(b) Are brothers.
(c) Have the same first name.
(d) Are the matchmaker's nephews.

5. 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) They remained friends from a distance.
(b) She would let the matchmaker do her job.
(c) Fyedka left their village.
(d) She followed her heart.

6. 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.

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

8. After Golde tells Tevye what she's learned about Chava, what does Tevye say?
(a) He asks Golde to pray with him.
(b) He tells Golde to go home because they have other children at home.
(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.

9. Some time after Tzeitel and Motel's wedding, why is Hodel upset with Perchik?
(a) He's talking about leaving the village.
(b) She's afraid he loves someone else.
(c) He's been rude and arrogant lately.
(d) He dared ask her to dance with him.

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

11. When the villagers are gathered at his shop, why does Motel hold up two different pieces of cloth that have been sewn together?
(a) To show that he's tried out the newly arrived sewing machine.
(b) So everyone can see the start of the banner for the new flower shop.
(c) It's the beginning of the blanket he's sewing for his baby.
(d) To show the new dress he's making for Tzeitel.

12. 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?
(a) Ah, you already know what is written in the Good Book.
(b) Why should I tell you what the Good Book says?
(c) Oops, I forgot who I was talking to.
(d) Forgive me, I wasn't thinking.

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 Motel's house.
(c) To the marketplace.
(d) To the matchmaker's place.

14. When Golde asks Yente which daughter gets which boy, what does the matchmaker reply?
(a) The boys should decide.
(b) The girls can pick.
(c) It makes no difference.
(d) She hasn't decided that part yet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the conversation Tevye holds with God some time after the wedding, he says that Tzeitel and Motel work very hard and are as poor as what?

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

3. 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?

4. Inside Motel's shop, the villagers are gathered to see ______________.

5. 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 ______________.

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