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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 happens to Tevye when he stops to pray in the evening after hauling logs all day?
2. When Tevye returns from his meeting with Layzar, how does Golde initially react?
3. What items are Podhotzur's house full of?
4. What is the name of the happy man from Kodny?
5. Who does Golde have a dream about in Tevye Strikes It Rich that foreshadowed the milk cow Tevye was to receive?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Tevye convince Golde that Tsaytl should marry Motl instead of Layzar?
2. Why does Tevye like Pertchik?
3. What causes the man from Pereshchepena to become irritated with the other two Jews?
4. How do people treat Tevye different when he become rich from his reward from the two rescued women?
5. How does Tevye react when he finds that Mendl has lost all of his money?
6. How does the narrator describe the appearance of the man and woman salespeople he encounters on the train in Competitors?
7. Why does Tevye try to avoid having discussions with the town Priest?
8. How does Golde regard Menachem?
9. What does Kivke threaten to do to Nissl Shapiro if he does not give him the 1000 rubles he requests?
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 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 2
How does Aleichem draw attention to the generation gap between youth and their parents in this book, and what developments in the plot arise from the misunderstandings between generations?
Essay Topic 3
How does Aleichem establish the theme of fate in "Tevye the Dairyman and the Railroad Stories", and how does concept of fate differ between different characters in the book?
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