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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Hodel comments on Perchik's lesson about Laban and Jacob, what does she say?
(a) The rabbi would have a different interpretation.
(b) She never heard that story before.
(c) The story has nothing to do with her sisters.
(d) He doesn't know what he's talking about.

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

3. After Golde talks to Tevye about Lazar Wolf, what does Tevye agree to do?
(a) Ask Lazar what he thinks of the eldest daughter.
(b) Talk to him after the Sabbath.
(c) Offer one of his daughters for marriage.
(d) Invite him to dinner.

4. When a beggar gets only one coin this week, he complains that he got two coins the previous week. The donor explains he had a bad week, to which the beggar replies:
(a) Why should he suffer for someone else's bad week?
(b) What's the donor hiding in his coat pocket?
(c) He can't afford a bad week.
(d) It's all right so long as he gets three coins next week.

5. 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 not much to look at.
(b) He can afford to buy her glasses.
(c) He can't hear well.
(d) He's twice her age.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Tevye sings "If I Were A Rich Man," he says that he'd build a house with one staircase going up, one going down, and the third _____________.

2. Tevye explains that in his community, prayer shawls are worn as what?

3. After Tevye's celebratory mood is changed by the sobering conversation with the constable, what does the fiddler's appearance represent?

4. After teaching Tevye's daughters the story of Laban and Jacob, what does Perchik say is the moral of the story?

5. After the Sabbath, where does Tevye go to meet Lazar in order to talk to him?

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