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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. How much money does Menachem Mendl want Tevye to invest in the stocks in Chapter 2?
2. Why does Tevye think that Podhotzur has summoned him to his house after his marriage to Beilke?
3. Of the two salespeople described in Competitors, who has the lowest prices?
4. How does Golde feel about Peppercorn's marriage to Tevye's daugher Hodl?
5. Why does the narrator choose to travel third class?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Beilke agree to marry Podhotzur even though she does not love him?
2. Why does Tevye give Pertchik the nickname of Peppercorn?
3. Describe the appearance of the man from Kaminka in Baranovich Station.
4. How does Tevye react when he finds that Mendl has lost all of his money?
5. What type of welcome does Tevye receive when he goes to visit Beilke and Podhotzur after they return from their honeymoon?
6. How doe Tevye and Menachem spend their evening together?
7. Describe the appearance of the man who suggests they "pass the hat around," in the Competitors.
8. What does Tevye plan to do when he finds that he is being expelled from the village?
9. What does Kivke threaten to do to Nissl Shapiro if he does not give him the 1000 rubles he requests?
10. How does Tevye convince Golde that Tsaytl should marry Motl instead of Layzar?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How can the plot of Tevye and his family be seen as a paradigm of the fate of the Russian Jewry around the turn of the century?
Essay Topic 2
How does Aleichem utilize the literary technique of periphrasis throughout the novel to create believable narrators? How does this inclusion of periphrasis affect the pacing and tone of the stories?
Essay Topic 3
In "Tevye the Dairyman and the Railroad Stories", much focus is given to the issues of right versus wrong. Using specific characters and situations, discuss how Aleichem highlights this dichotomy and specifically how the idea of right versus wrong relates to being piously religious or irreligious.
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