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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. Perchik teaches Shprintze and Bielke outside their home as they do what?
(a) Milk cows.
(b) Wash clothes.
(c) Peel potatoes.
(d) Plant onions.

2. Where does Tevye live?
(a) Religious commune.
(b) Large city.
(c) Prison camp.
(d) Small village.

3. While Tevye is introducing his family to Perchik, Motel arrives. What does Tevye say about Motel?
(a) This is the town tailor.
(b) Him, I don't know.
(c) This is not mine.
(d) Here's our neighbor.

4. At the wedding, after the rabbi prays over a glass goblet of wine, what do Tzeitel and Motel do?
(a) Kiss each other.
(b) Take a sip from the goblet.
(c) Present gifts to their parents.
(d) Sing a traditional song.

5. When Golde asks Tevye where his horse is, what does Tevye reply?
(a) He ran away.
(b) He's at the blacksmith's.
(c) He's at the veterinarian's.
(d) He was stolen.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Despite how the villagers feel about Motel and Tzeitel's upcoming wedding, what do they say to Motel?

3. As villagers sing "Sunrise, Sunset," Tevye asks, "Is this the little girl I carried? Is this the ... :"

4. After Tevye's celebratory mood is changed by the sobering conversation with the constable, what does the fiddler's appearance represent?

5. When Chava and Fyedka find themselves alone, what does Fyedka say to her?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Tevye's conversation with God about poverty and hardship, what does he say about being poor?

2. When some of the villagers complain about the news they read and Mordcha ends up cursing the Tsar and the authorities, Perchik comes to the scene and questions them. Summarize that first conversation between Perchik and the villagers.

3. Why does Tevye not approve of Chava having a relationship with Fyedka?

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

5. Two months after Tzeitel and Motel's wedding, Tevye sits on a bench outside his home talking to God. What does he say about Tzeitel and Motel?

6. As people congratulate Motel on his upcoming wedding, why do their well wishes seem insincere?

7. Why is everyone taken aback when Perchik asks Hodel to dance at the wedding reception?

8. Why is Hodel upset that Perchik is leaving for Kiev?

9. In Tevye's dream sequence, why does Grandmother Tzeitel sing "Mazeltov" to him and Golde?

10. What is the mood at Tevye and Golde's house as everyone prepares for the Sabbath?

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