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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. What service does Peppercorn give to Tevye in exchange for a hot meal?

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

3. What does Tevye do when he meets Chava in the forest after her marriage?

4. What is the name of the secret police spy who informed on so many revolutionaries that is being discussed at Baranovich Station?

5. What causes the saleswoman to sit down on her basket and cry into her shawl?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Tevye like Pertchik?

3. What is the misconception about the topic of conversation in Eighteen from Pereshchepena?

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

5. How does the rich Jew respond when Tevye requests three rubles as a reward for bringing the two women in from the forest?

6. Why does Ahronchik's brother offer Tevye money to Shprintze?

7. What type of welcome does Tevye receive when he goes to visit Beilke and Podhotzur after they return from their honeymoon?

8. How does Tevye react when he finds that Mendl has lost all of his money?

9. How does Golde regard Menachem?

10. How does Tsaytl feel about the marrying Layzar?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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"?

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 depict violence, specifically the pogroms against the Jews, in "Tevye the Dairyman and the Railroad Stories", and how does it affect the development of the plot?

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