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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the start of Act 1, Scene 2, Tevye enters pulling a cart. He addresses God, asking what?
(a) Whose idea it was to make him a milkman.
(b) Where he can find the riches he wants.
(c) When his daughters will marry.
(d) Why his life continues to be so difficult.

2. In the "Tradition" song, each daughter is prepared to marry ____________.
(a) Whoever the matchmaker chooses.
(b) Whoever Papa picks.
(c) By the age of twenty.
(d) The man of her choice.

3. When Perchik states that girls should also learn, how does Mendel react?
(a) He's deeply offended.
(b) He's shocked.
(c) He agrees.
(d) He laughs uncontrollably.

4. At the wedding of Tzeitel and Motel, where do the men and women go?
(a) Women in the front, men in the back.
(b) Men on one side, women on the other side.
(c) Everyone mingles.
(d) Women with the children, men with the elders.

5. Tevye explains that in his community, prayer shawls are worn as what?
(a) Protection against the cold.
(b) Sign of respect for elders.
(c) Symbol of humility.
(d) Show of devotion to God.

6. When Golde finds Perchik teaching her younger daughters, what does she say?
(a) Lesson's over because the girls have to clean the barn.
(b) The lesson is completely pointless.
(c) The lesson is interesting but not very applicable.
(d) Lesson's over because the girls must help make lunch.

7. Despite how the villagers feel about Motel and Tzeitel's upcoming wedding, what do they say to Motel?
(a) Be prosperous and fruitful.
(b) Good luck.
(c) How could you?
(d) Mazeltov.

8. After taking the cheese Tevye offers, what does Perchik say about the rich?
(a) They eat too much.
(b) He admires them.
(c) They are criminals.
(d) He wants to be like them.

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

10. After Tevye asks God several "whys" following his conversation with the constable, how does he end his talk with God?
(a) Gives thanks for a husband for Tzeitel.
(b) Gives thanks for his family.
(c) Asks that Tzeitel will be happy with her husband.
(d) Asks for protection for his family.

11. 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 a gift for them.
(c) He has been imprisoned.
(d) He's interested in Tzeitel.

12. After Tevye gives Lazar permission to marry his daughter, the men go out into the street drunk. What fact does Lazar point out to Tevye?
(a) Tzeitel will be the first of Tevye's daughters to marry.
(b) The Russians were rarely that cordial to them.
(c) Tevye will be Lazar's papa.
(d) Both men are the same age.

13. Which of the following is NOT one of Tevye's daughters?
(a) Tzeitel.
(b) Hodel.
(c) Yentell.
(d) Bielke.

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

15. With Tevye, Lazar, and other men roaming the streets drunk, the constable appears. What does he ask?
(a) If they know what time it is.
(b) If their wives know where they are.
(c) Why they are being so loud.
(d) What they are celebrating.

Short Answer 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?

2. As the wedding ceremony progresses, the women of the village sing, "One season following another, Laden with ...:"

3. How does Tzeitel react when she learns she is to wed Lazar Wolf?

4. When Yussel steps into Motel's shop to congratulate him for the upcoming wedding, what does Motel ask him?

5. In the wedding scene, Tzeitel enters in her bridal clothes, followed by _________________.

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