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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who helps the elderly rabbi to the table?
(a) Fyedka.
(b) Perchik.
(c) Mendel.
(d) Chava.

2. When Tevye comes in following Perchik's marriage proposal to Hodel, Perchik says he has bad news and good news. What is the good news?
(a) He inherited a vast fortune.
(b) He has purchased grain and eggs for the family.
(c) He got a job at the university.
(d) He and Hodel are engaged.

3. When the wedding ceremony is over and the celebrating begins, what does Mordcha say when he asks for silence?
(a) Tells everyone drinks are on the house.
(b) Invites everyone to dance.
(c) Asks people to not get too loud.
(d) Blesses the couple.

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

5. When Yente hands a letter to Tzeitel, what else does she say?
(a) Tevye owes her money.
(b) She often spots Chava and Fyedka together.
(c) Perchik will never return to Hodel.
(d) Golde insulted her.

Short Answer Questions

1. From the letter Yente picks up and delivers to Tzeitel, everyone learns that Perchik ________________.

2. While everyone's gathered at Motel's shop admiring the new arrival, Golde talks with Tzeitel about what?

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

4. As Yente and other women of the village gossip, the story keeps changing. By the end of their gossiping, everyone mistakenly thinks that who has been arrested?

5. 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?

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