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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who does Tevye sell his house to?
2. What is the name of the town the two women are trying to get to?
3. After the conversation with the other two Jews, what does the man from Pereshchepena do?
4. Where does Mendl hide Tevye's money so that no one would steal it from him on his journey?
5. How much money does Kivke request when he has been cheated by his father-in-law?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Tsaytl feel about the marrying Layzar?
2. Why does Beilke agree to marry Podhotzur even though she does not love him?
3. What type of welcome does Tevye receive when he goes to visit Beilke and Podhotzur after they return from their honeymoon?
4. How does Tevye convince Golde that Tsaytl should marry Motl instead of Layzar?
5. What does Tevye plan to do when he finds that he is being expelled from the village?
6. Describe the table that is set for the two women, when Tevye brings them back to the dacha in Boberick?
7. How do people treat Tevye different when he become rich from his reward from the two rescued women?
8. Why does Tevye like Pertchik?
9. How doe Tevye and Menachem spend their evening together?
10. Why does Ahronchik's brother offer Tevye money to Shprintze?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Aleichem draw attention to the generation gap between youth and their parents in this book, and what developments in the plot arise from the misunderstandings between generations?
Essay Topic 2
How is the relationship between Jews and Christians described in the book, and what theme arrives from the comparison of the two different religions?
Essay Topic 3
How is God portrayed in this book, specifically, and how is the relationship between God and man elucidated through the character of Tevye?
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