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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Motel and Tzeitel have been friends since:

2. What common interest do Chava and Fyedka share?

3. According to the "Tradition" song, what are the "Mamas" expected to do?

4. When Tevye and Lazar meet to talk, what does Tevye think they're discussing?

5. Tevye's conversation with the constable reveals that _______________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Tevye respond to the news the constable gives him right after he agrees to Lazar marrying Tzeitel?

5. Several months after Hodel leaves for Siberia, the villagers are running around excited about a "new arrival." Describe this scene.

6. What does the new arrival turn out to be, and why is everyone excited about it?

7. 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.

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

9. How does Tevye respond to the information that Chava married Fyedka?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does humor ease the hardships the villagers experience on a daily basis? Write a detailed analysis using at least three examples.

Essay Topic 2

A great deal of information is revealed through the songs of Fiddler On The Roof.

1. Explain the importance of the songs in this play.

2. Give examples describing how songs provide additional information to show the bigger picture.

3. How do some of these songs bring the villagers together?

Essay Topic 3

Explain how the times when Tevye speaks to the audience, and also to God, work well to advance the story in the absence of a narrator.

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