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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chava, pp. 69-82, Shprintze, pp. 82-97.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Tevye meets the two women in the forest, which is not one of the things he offers to sell them?
(a) A head full of scrambled brains.
(b) Some fine hunger pains.
(c) A week's supply of heartache.
(d) Tears to feel a soup bowl.

2. What happens to Tevye the day after his meeting with Layzar that he sees as a bad omen?
(a) His cart overturns.
(b) He gets the stomach flu.
(c) His cow dies.
(d) He injures his hand.

3. What happens to Tevye when he stops to pray in the evening after hauling logs all day?
(a) He finds a ruble on the ground.
(b) He hears a woman crying.
(c) His horse decides to run off.
(d) It begins to rain on him.

4. Who does Golde have a dream about in Tevye Strikes It Rich that foreshadowed the milk cow Tevye was to receive?
(a) Her Grandmother Tsaytl.
(b) The Rabbi.
(c) Her Aunt Chaika.
(d) Her brother Kivke.

5. Who is Gorky?
(a) A revered Rabbi.
(b) The current prime minister.
(c) The leader of the revolutionary movement.
(d) An important literary figure.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Golde feel about Peppercorn's marriage to Tevye's daugher Hodl?

2. What dishes of Golde's does Tevye call "heaven on earth?"

3. Why does Tevye think that Yankl should be fired as sexton of the Burial Society?

4. When Tevye returns from his meeting with Layzar, how does Golde initially react?

5. What does the long-haired messenger tell Hodl?

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