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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After losing his fortune, what is Tevye's hope for the future?
(a) He completely foreswares money and doesn't think about it anymore.
(b) He has no hope to ever become wealthy.
(c) He still hopes for better times and to become rich.
(d) He hopes to have his fund reinstated and continue in his exact station.

2. What happens to Tevye when he stops to pray in the evening after hauling logs all day?
(a) He hears a woman crying.
(b) He finds a ruble on the ground.
(c) His horse decides to run off.
(d) It begins to rain on him.

3. How does Golde feel about Peppercorn's marriage to Tevye's daugher Hodl?
(a) She is indifferent to the match.
(b) She refuses to acknowledge the wedding and mourns Hodl as dead.
(c) She likes Peppercorn and is pleased with the match.
(d) She is stunned that Tevye has allowed it.

4. When Tevye meets the two women in the forest, which is not one of the things he offers to sell them?
(a) Tears to feel a soup bowl.
(b) A week's supply of heartache.
(c) Some fine hunger pains.
(d) A head full of scrambled brains.

5. How does Reb Nissl help Kivke avoid running the gauntlet?
(a) He bribes officials to let him off with a three ruble fine.
(b) He gets him pardoned with the governor.
(c) He arranges to have him declared dead.
(d) He finds a man willing to switch places with Kivke.

6. Where doe Beilke and Podhotzur go on their honeymoon?
(a) Austria.
(b) Italy.
(c) Germany.
(d) Switzerland.

7. What does Golde prepare for Ahronchik and his friend on their visit over the holiday to Tevye's house?
(a) She refuses to make anything because it is the holiday.
(b) Borscht.
(c) Challah.
(d) Blintzes.

8. According to the narrator in The Happiest Man in All Kodny, when is the best time to travel by train?
(a) Winter.
(b) Autumn.
(c) Spring.
(d) Summer.

9. How was Chvedka educated?
(a) He had private tutors growing up.
(b) He attending a University in Odessa.
(c) He is self-taught.
(d) He was educated abroad in Germany.

10. What does Shprintze ultimately do after she is heartbroken by Ahronchik?
(a) She decides to remain at home forever, helping her parents.
(b) She falls in love with another man.
(c) She commits suicide.
(d) She marries another man, whom she does not love.

11. On what holiday does Hodl tell her father she is going away?
(a) Rosh Hoshanah.
(b) Hoshana Rabbah.
(c) Hannukah.
(d) High Holy Days.

12. What class does the narrator generally take when he goes by trains?
(a) First class.
(b) It is unknown.
(c) Second class.
(d) Third class.

13. What question about Mendle does Tevye ask Golde after he leaves their home?
(a) Tevye asks is Mendl was popular as a child.
(b) Tevye asks if Mendl has any children.
(c) Tevye asks how old Mendl is.
(d) Tevye asks if she knows what Mendl does for a living.

14. Who wrote a letter for the happy man from Kodny to take to the professor?
(a) His wife.
(b) His son.
(c) His rabbi.
(d) The wealthy manor owners.

15. Why is there a sudden influx in the population of Boiberik in Shprintze?
(a) Many Jews have been forcefully relocated to Boiberik.
(b) There is a cholera infestation in Odessa driving people to Boiberik.
(c) Many Jews are moving to Boiberik for economic opportunities.
(d) Rich Jews are fleeing the city to escape riots and pogroms.

Short Answer Questions

1. What dishes of Golde's does Tevye call "heaven on earth?"

2. How does Beilke feel about Podhotzur before their marriage?

3. Where does Tevye find his horse after he has eaten dinner at the rich man's dacha?

4. What happens to Tevye the day after his meeting with Layzar that he sees as a bad omen?

5. After the conversation with the other two Jews, what does the man from Pereshchepena do?

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