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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. When a beggar gets only one coin this week, he complains that he got two coins the previous week. The donor explains he had a bad week, to which the beggar replies:

2. When the townspeople Mordcha and Mendel complain toTevye that he forgot their orders for the Sabbath, what does he reply?

3. At their wedding, what does Motel place over Tzeitel's head?

4. When Tevye asks Perchik how he makes money, what does Perchik say?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tevye react to Golde telling him that Lazar Wolf wants to talk to him?

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

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

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

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

6. Near the end of the story, what does the constable tell Tevye and the other villagers?

7. What does Tevye ask God to help Tzeitel and Motel with?

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

9. Summarize the conversation between Chava and Fyedka inside Motel's shop.

10. What does Tevye ask of Hodel and of God as his daughter prepares to join Perchik in Siberia?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Tzeitel's two suitors, Motel the tailor and Lazar the butcher.

1. Why does the village overwhelmingly think that Tzeitel would be better off with Lazar?

2. How does Motel prove to be a good husband?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the tenuous friendship between Tevye and the constable.

1. Explain how the fiddler on the roof serves as a perfect representation of what this friendship is built upon.

2. Discuss how each of the following figures into this unusual friendship: Humor, caution, trust, betrayal.

Essay Topic 3

How does the fiddler on the roof represent the instability that the Jewish villagers in Anatevka live with on a regular basis?

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