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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the constable leaves after his private conversation with Tevye, what does Tevye ask God?
(a) Why he can never win.
(b) Why the Russians won't leave them alone.
(c) Where he should take his family to live in peace.
(d) Why he got such news that day, of all days.

2. Tevye convinces himself that by marrying Lazar, Tzeitel will never know what?
(a) Hunger.
(b) Loneliness.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Pain.

3. What news does the matchmaker deliver to Golde and her daughters regarding the butcher, Lazar Wolf?
(a) His son is interested in Tzeitel.
(b) He has been imprisoned.
(c) He's interested in Tzeitel.
(d) He has a gift for them.

4. Before coming to the village, Perchik was a university student where?
(a) Kazan.
(b) Kiev.
(c) Krakow.
(d) Kaunas.

5. After the Sabbath, where does Tevye go to meet Lazar in order to talk to him?
(a) The general store.
(b) The market.
(c) The inn.
(d) An expensive restaurant.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Tevye first offers Perchik a piece of cheese, why does Perchik decline?

2. As they make preparations for the Sabbath, what does Tzeitel urge Motel to do?

3. When Perchik praises Hodel's quick and witty tongue, Tevye says that _____________.

4. At the start of Act 1, Scene 2, Tevye enters pulling a cart. He addresses God, asking what?

5. Motel and Tzeitel have been friends since:

(see the answer key)

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