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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Tevye tells Golde that Grandmother Tzeitel appeared in his dream, what does Golde ask?
(a) Why she appeared.
(b) How she was feeling.
(c) What she wanted.
(d) How she looked.

2. Tevye tells Golde that in his dream, Grandmother Tzeitel looks pretty good considering that she's _____________.
(a) Pretty angry at everyone.
(b) Been dead for thirty years.
(c) Ninety years old.
(d) A transparent ghost.

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

4. When Sasha and another Russian harass Chava, what does Fyedka do?
(a) Looks the other way.
(b) Asks them to stop.
(c) Joins them.
(d) Punches them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After the Sabbath, where does Tevye go to meet Lazar in order to talk to him?

2. Once Tevye and Lazar agree to an arranged marriage between Lazar and Tzeitel, what do the men drink to?

3. When Perchik wants to know why Hodel is so interested in the rabbi's son, what does she say?

4. How does Tevye react when he first learns that Lazar is interested in Tzeitel?

5. At the wedding, after the rabbi prays over a glass goblet of wine, what do Tzeitel and Motel do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the villagers react to the shocking news the constable brings them?

2. How do Tevye and Lazar react once they realize they've been talking about two completely different matters?

3. How does the wedding ceremony end?

4. What does Yussel say when Motel asks if he has a wedding hat for him? How does Motel reply?

5. Summarize the story Perchik tells Tevye's youngest daughters while they peel potatoes.

6. As the wedding ceremony takes place, what do Tevye and Golde sing about?

7. List some of the rumors Yente spreads after reading the letter Perchik sent Hodel.

8. By the end of Tevye's dream sequence, what helps Golde to give up on the idea of Tzeitel marrying Lazar and accept that she is to wed Motel instead?

9. What happens when Chava is left to watch Motel's shop as he steps out for a few moments?

10. How are things made somewhat right with Chava in the end?

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