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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. What does Perchik teach Hodel that he says he learned in Kiev?
(a) A prayer.
(b) A poem.
(c) A song.
(d) A dance.

2. Tevye's conversation with the constable reveals that _______________.
(a) The constable is a wicked man.
(b) The constable doesn't like Tevye at all.
(c) Nobody in the village can be trusted.
(d) The split between the Jews and Russians is real.

3. When the townspeople Mordcha and Mendel complain toTevye that he forgot their orders for the Sabbath, what does he reply?
(a) He had trouble with his horse.
(b) He forgot, and he's sorry.
(c) They failed to put in their order.
(d) They haven't paid him yet.

4. Before coming to the village, Perchik was a university student where?
(a) Kiev.
(b) Kazan.
(c) Kaunas.
(d) Krakow.

5. When Hodel comments on Perchik's lesson about Laban and Jacob, what does she say?
(a) She never heard that story before.
(b) The rabbi would have a different interpretation.
(c) He doesn't know what he's talking about.
(d) The story has nothing to do with her sisters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the constable give Tevye confidential information?

2. As guests enter during the wedding scene, what do they do?

3. In Tevye's dream, Grandmother Tzeitel calls Motel a _______________.

4. When Tevye tells Golde about his frightening dream, he begins by saying that all the people they knew were _______________.

5. At the wedding of Tzeitel and Motel, where do the men and women go?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Golde initially respond to what her departed grandmother, Grandma Tzeitel, reveals to Tevye in his dream?

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

3. How does Hodel defend Perchik as she and Tevye wait at the train station?

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

5. Even though the family is poor, why does Golde gladly allow more people to join them for the Sabbath meal?

6. What does Tevye say regarding the Russians living in their village?

7. What does Tevye say to the audience as he's thinking through his decision regarding Lazar's request to marry Tzeitel?

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. As Yente, the matchmaker, makes her way to Golde's house while the family prepares for the Sabbath, why does Tzeitel complain?

10. What happens after Tevye gives Lazar permission to marry his daughter?

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