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Quiz about Tevye and his Daughters not the musical

Tevye and his Daughters (not the musical!) Quiz

Have you seen 'Fiddler on the Roof' and think you know all there is to know? Think again. This quiz is on the original book by Sholem Aleichem.

A multiple-choice quiz by garyjaffe. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
garyjaffe

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
64,186

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
390

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Question 1 of 10

1. How many daughters does Tevye have? (I'll give you a hint: it isn't the same number as the amount in the musical.) Hint

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Question 2 of 10

2. How are the stories written? Hint

They are written as if Sholem Aleichem was telling the story of Tevye.

They are in poems.

They are the average story.

They are written as if Tevye was telling a story to Sholem Aleichem.

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is Shprintze's fate? Hint

She marries a rich man.

She drowns herself.

She elopes with a Christian.

She is set up with an old man.

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Question 4 of 10

4. In the BOOK, who leaves for America with Tevye? Hint

Motel and Tzeitel.

Golde and Bielke.

Tzeitel and Chava

The Fiddler and Golde.

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which characters die in the story? Hint

Shprintze, Tevye, Chava

Shprintze, Motel

Golde, Tzeitel, Tevye

Golde, Motel, Shprintze

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Question 6 of 10

6. Two main characters of the play, ____ and ____, are not in the book. Who are they?

Answer: (Two words separated by the word 'and')

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Question 7 of 10

7. The matchmaker in the book is ___ (male or female)?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which cousin of Tevye puts Tevye's newly inherited fortune in jeopardy? Hint

Nochem

Yitzhak

Avram

Yussel

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Question 9 of 10

9. Does Tevye live in Anatefkah in the book?

Yes

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Question 10 of 10

10. What happens to Bielke? Hint

She gets arranged with a wealthy man and she lives somewhat happily ever after.

She gets an arranged marriage with a rich man who loses his fortune and forces them to move to America where they sew socks for a living.

She doesn't get married and goes to America with her father.

She moves to America to find her fortune, but instead winds up sewing socks in a sweat shop.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. How many daughters does Tevye have? (I'll give you a hint: it isn't the same number as the amount in the musical.)

Answer: 7

In the musical 'Fiddler on the Roof', Tevye has five. In the book, he has seven- the five mentioned in 'Fiddler' and two more, Teibl and one more whose name is never mentioned.

2. How are the stories written?

Answer: They are written as if Tevye was telling a story to Sholem Aleichem.

Everyone of the stories starts out with Tevye greeting his good friend, Sholem Aleichem.

3. What is Shprintze's fate?

Answer: She drowns herself.

She and a rich boy fell in love, but the uncle of the rich boy assumed that Tevye was only getting Shprintze to marry the rich boy for the money, so the uncle denied the marriage. The boy left town, Shprintze threw herself into the river.

4. In the BOOK, who leaves for America with Tevye?

Answer: Tzeitel and Chava

Golde is dead, Bielke's moved to America, The Fiddler doesn't exist, and Motel is also dead. Chava is accepted back into the family after her Russian husband beat her.

5. Which characters die in the story?

Answer: Golde, Motel, Shprintze

Motel suddenly dies of sickness, Golde dies of old age and Shprintze, as earlier mentioned, throws herself in the river.

6. Two main characters of the play, ____ and ____, are not in the book. Who are they?

Answer: Yente and Fiddler

The Fiddler was made up for the play, and Yente replaced the male matchmaker, Efrayim, in the play.

7. The matchmaker in the book is ___ (male or female)?

Answer: male

As I said before, Yente replaced Efrayim, the male matchmaker, as the matchmaker in the play. I must admit, if the matchmaker in the play had been a guy, it wouldn't be nearly as good. Right? Of course right.

8. Which cousin of Tevye puts Tevye's newly inherited fortune in jeopardy?

Answer: Nochem

Nochem jeopardized their money and that's how he became Nochem the Beggar. You might know him from 'Fiddler on the Roof.'

9. Does Tevye live in Anatefkah in the book?

Answer: No

He lives between Anatefkah and a few other towns. He's the only Jew in the small area he lives in.

10. What happens to Bielke?

Answer: She gets an arranged marriage with a rich man who loses his fortune and forces them to move to America where they sew socks for a living.

That's the reason why arranged marriages should not be allowed.

Source: Author garyjaffe

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