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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. Where doe Beilke and Podhotzur go on their honeymoon?

2. Why does Tevye's wagon run into a tree on the way to Yehpuetz in Tevye Blows a Small Fortune?

3. Why does Tevye go to see Layzar Wolf in Today's Children?

4. What items are Podhotzur's house full of?

5. Who wrote a letter for the happy man from Kodny to take to the professor?

Short Essay Questions

1. How doe Tevye and Menachem spend their evening together?

2. How does Tevye convince Golde that Tsaytl should marry Motl instead of Layzar?

3. Describe the appearance of the two women Tevye meets in the forest in Tevye Strikes It Rich.

4. What does Kivke threaten to do to Nissl Shapiro if he does not give him the 1000 rubles he requests?

5. What good deeds do the manor owners of Kodny do for the poor?

6. What causes the man from Pereshchepena to become irritated with the other two Jews?

7. How does Golde regard Menachem?

8. Describe the appearance of Ahronchik.

9. How does the narrator describe the appearance of the man and woman salespeople he encounters on the train in Competitors?

10. How do people treat Tevye different when he become rich from his reward from the two rescued women?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is God portrayed in this book, specifically, and how is the relationship between God and man elucidated through the character of Tevye?

Essay Topic 2

What type of dramatic or narrative structure does Aleichem utilize in "Tevye the Dairyman and the Railroad Stories"? How is this structure unique and how does it contribute to the establishment of themes?

Essay Topic 3

How does Aleichem utilize the literary tool of metaphor to establish the theme of good versus evil throughout "Tevye the Dairyman and the Railroad Stories"?

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