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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the matchmaker feel that the shoemaker's daughter, who has poor eyesight, is a good match for a particular young man?
(a) He's twice her age.
(b) He can afford to buy her glasses.
(c) He can't hear well.
(d) He's not much to look at.

2. When Perchik finally takes the cheese Tevye offers him, what does Tevye say?
(a) There's always room for a bit of cheese.
(b) Don't forget to thank God for it.
(c) It's no crime being poor.
(d) The villagers can be trusted.

3. What is Motel's job?
(a) Dairyman.
(b) Innkeeper.
(c) Tailor.
(d) Banker.

4. When addressing the audience at the start of the story, Tevye explains that in his community balance is kept through what?
(a) Hard work.
(b) Tradition.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Law and order.

5. After Perchik explains where he came from, what does Mordcha sarcastically ask?
(a) Why he doesn't just go back there.
(b) If that is where he learned to criticize elders.
(c) If everyone there is such a know it all.
(d) Why he doesn't try to overthrow the Tsar.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the "Tradition" song, each daughter is prepared to marry ____________.

2. When Golde asks Tevye where his horse is, what does Tevye reply?

3. Tevye claims that without their traditions, the villagers' lives would be ______________.

4. When Golde and Tevye's daughters sing the "Matchmaker" song, which of the following is NOT part of the lyrics?

5. When the townspeople Mordcha and Mendel complain toTevye that he forgot their orders for the Sabbath, what does he reply?

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