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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. Which is not one of the towns listed in Eighteen from Pereshchepena?

2. How was Chvedka educated?

3. Where does Mendl hide Tevye's money so that no one would steal it from him on his journey?

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

5. Why is there a sudden influx in the population of Boiberik in Shprintze?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Tevye like Pertchik?

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

3. Why does Tevye try to avoid having discussions with the town Priest?

4. How does Golde regard Menachem?

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

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

7. Why does Tevye give Pertchik the nickname of Peppercorn?

8. Describe the appearance of the man who suggests they "pass the hat around," in the Competitors.

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

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 the theme of greed displayed in "Tevye the Dairyman and the Railroad Stories"? Use at least three textual examples to show what commentary Aleichem is making about this theme.

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

How is the relationship between Jews and Christians described in the book, and what theme arrives from the comparison of the two different religions?

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