What do you know about "Fiddler on the Roof"?

By: J. Reinoehl
Estimated Completion Time
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What do you know about "Fiddler on the Roof"?
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"Fiddler on the Roof" was highly successful in America and abroad. It won three Academy Awards and one Golden Globe and was nominated for many more. How well do you remember "Fiddler on the Roof"? Find out by taking this quiz.
Throughout the movie, Tevye frequently paused and spoke to the camera when he was talking to whom?
The audience.
Grandma Tzeitel.
The Fiddler on the Roof.
God.
In order to have Tevye always looking at the same spot, they used a stick with a bull's-eye on the end. In the theater, he would look to the right-hand side of the upper balcony.

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In which country did "The Fiddler on the Roof" take place?
Russia.
"Fiddler on the Roof" was filmed in Yugoslavia, even though it took place in Ukraine, which was then part of the Russian Empire. The town in the book was Boyberik (based on Boyarka), Ukraine. Most of the extras used were Yugoslavian.
Germany.
Israel.
America.

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To which religious tradition did Tevye belong?
Buddhist.
Catholic.
Jewish.
Everything was choreographed to music. They would create the music first and then play it in the background while the actors were doing the scene to keep the movements with the music.
Muslim.

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What tradition did Tevye's daughters primarily challenge throughout the film?
Wearing dresses.
Not working on Sabbath.
Keeping their heads covered.
Arranged marriages.
The director picked Tevye's horse because he felt it resembled the main character. Although it wasn't trained beyond being a workhorse, it walked whenever Tevye walked and stopped whenever he stopped.

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Finish the quote "As the Good Book says, when a poor man eats a chicken, ______________________."
"…One of them is sick."
"We don't eat like kings, but we don't starve either. As the Good Book says, when a poor man eats a chicken, one of them is sick."
"…He savors it for a week."
"…Someone gave it to him."
"…They use its bones for soup."

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What did Tevye do for a living?
He was a tailor.
He was a butcher.
He sold dairy products.
Tevye's horse was chosen from many horses who were old and on their way to the glue factory. After the movie was finished, the director continued sending money for the horse's care, and it was allowed to live in a pasture for the rest of its natural life, which ended up being about four more years.
He tanned hides.

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What was the name of the matchmaker?
Bielke.
Tzeitel.
Golde.
Yente.
"Mama! Mama! Yente, the matchmaker, is coming."

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How many daughters did Tevye have?
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
"It's enough You pick on me, bless me with five daughters, a life of poverty. That's all right, but what have You got against my horse?"

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What match did the matchmaker arrange for Tzeitel?
Yankel, the Tanner.
Motel, the Tailor.
Lazar Wolf, the Butcher.
"It's about Lazar Wolf, the butcher, a good man, a fine man, and I don't have to tell you he's well off, no?"
Morcha, the Rabbi.

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Tevye offered Perchik lessons in exchange for what?
A place to stay.
Food.
"I'd like them to know the Good Book… Perchik, I'm a very poor man, but food for lessons, huh?"
Clean clothes.
A new pair of shoes.

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Which two people joined Tevye's family for Sabbath?
Perchik and Fyedka.
Lazar Wolf and Yente.
Avram and Perchik.
Motel and Perchik.
"Golde, this is Perchik from Kiev. He'll be staying the Sabbath with us..." "…Motel, you’re also eating with us?"

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How did Perchik get in trouble?
He was giving a speech in the town square.
Paul Michael Glaser (born March 25, 1943) has blue eyes, but the director made him wear brown contacts for the film, believing brown eyes to be more in character. Famed for his role in the television show, "Starsky & Hutch," as well as his work on Fiddler, his first wife, Elizabeth, passed away from HIV she got through a transfusion.
He attacked some soldiers with stones.
He was printing a revolutionary newspaper.
He was caught planting a bomb in a government building.

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When Tevye went to see Lazar Wolf, what did he initially think the conversation was about?
Buying his new milk cow.
"Of course, I know. We're talking about my new milk cow, the one you want to buy from me."
Marrying his eldest daughter.
His credit account.
Marrying his two eldest daughters.

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How did Tevye tell his wife Motel would be marrying Tzeitel instead of Lazar Wolf?
He told her he was warned in a dream that Tzeitel should marry Motel instead.
Director Jewison was unsatisfied with all the actors he saw portraying Lazar Wolf on the stage. He called in famed acting teacher Paul Mann (1913-1985) to help.
He told her the contract wasn't binding because he was too drunk when he made it.
He told her he could not have a man his own age married to his daughter.
He told her Motel's uncle died and left him a sewing machine.

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What was the name of Tevye's oldest daughter?
Chava
Tzeitel.
"Tzeitel, you're the oldest. They have to make a match for you before they can make one for me."
Hodel.
Shprintze.

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Which actor played Tevye?
Chaim Topol.
Chaim Topol (born September 9, 1935) was chosen to portray Tevye in the film because the director believed the other character associated with the role, Zero Mostel, was too comedic in his portrayal. Since Topol was only 35 at the time the film was produced, gray hairs from the director's beard were plucked and added to Topol's beard each day to make him look older.
Leonard Frey.
Oded Fehr.
Shaike Ophir.

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What does l'chaim mean?
"Miracle."
"Matchmaker."
"Home."
"To life."
"And most important of all, to life, to life, l'chaim. l'chaim, l'chaim, to life… Drink l'chaim to life…"

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How did Chava meet Fyedka?
They met in the bookstore.
They met in the church.
He stopped some other boys from harassing her.
Although the pogrom depicted took place in Tzarist Russia, the Soviet Union still felt it was anti-Russian. As a result, only Tito (Yugoslavia's leader) openly accepted the film crew.
He helped her get her cow out of a ditch.

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What did Perchik do to Hodel that changed her mind about him?
Told her the story of Jacob, Rachel, and Leah.
Danced with her.
"Do you know that in the city, boys and girls… even dance together! New dances like this."
Kissed her.
Told her the Rabbi's son was engaged.

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Why did the constable show up at Tzeitel's wedding?
He wanted to give Tevye a present for his daughter.
He was under pressure to perform a display of force.
Jamison struggled to transition naturally into song and dance numbers so the film would use them as a part of life. He also avoided adding professional dancers, except for the scene in the tavern where he wanted the Russian dancers to be larger than life in the small space.
He was an honored guest.
He hoped Tevye would give him a bottle of vodka.

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What song was sung during Tzeitel's wedding ceremony?
"Tradition."
"Miracle of Miracles."
"If I Were a Rich Man."
"Sunrise, Sunset."
"They look so natural together. Just like two newlyweds should be. Is there a canopy in store for me? Sunrise, sunset…"

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When Perchik asked Hodel to marry him, what kind of question did he say it was?
A question of the heart.
A political one.
The book, "Tevye the Milkman" (also called "Tevye and His Daughters," "Tevye's Daughters" or "Tevye the Milkman"), was written by Sholem Aleichem (1859-1916) in Yiddish in 1894. Many other stage and screen versions of the stories were released before the creation of "Fiddler on the Roof" in 1964, and the film version in 1971.
A religious one.
A philosophical question.

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"Quiet, woman, before I get angry! Because when I get angry, ________________."
"…Even a barefoot centipede on a hot rock is having a better day!"
"…Even the Russians run and hide!"
"…Even flies don't dare to fly!"
"Quiet, woman, before I get angry! Because when I get angry, even flies don't dare to fly."
"…You get to walk home!"

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Who got Perchik's letter from the post office and gave it to Tzeitel for her sister?
Motel.
Fruma Sarah.
Yente.
Tutte Lemkow (1918-1991) played the role of the fiddler and had a strong dance background. He also had a role in "Ben-Hur," "Red Sonja," and "Raiders of the Lost Ark," as well as other movies and British television shows.
Grandma Tzeitel.

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After Perchik and Hodel were engaged what question did Tevye ask his wife in song?
"How long have we been married?"
"Do you love me?"
"No, Golde, I'm asking you a question: Do you love me?"
"Why did you marry me?"
"Why are you leaving me?"

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Where did Hodel marry Perchik?
Kiev.
The Russian Orthodox church.
Siberia.
In the play, there is a song, "Now I Have Everything," that occurs when Perchik asks Hodel to marry him. The song Perchik sang in the film at his engagement to Hodel was cut from the final movie.
America.

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What was the main reason Tevye forbade Chava from being around Fyedka?
Fyedka was Greek, and they were Russian.
Fyedka was not Jewish.
"Are you out of your mind? …Don't you understand what that means -- marrying outside of the faith?
Fyedka was a rich merchant, and they were poor.
Fyedka was an alcoholic.

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Which daughter's marriage did Tevye refuse to accept?
Hodel's.
Shprintze's.
Bielke's.
Chava's.
In the book, Tevye never accepted Chava's marriage, and the family mourned for a week. The book ended with Chava leaving her husband and wanting to return to her Jewish family.

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What kind of man did Golde, the girls' mother, want for them?
A rich man.
"For Papa, make him a scholar. For Mama, make him rich as a king."
A wise man.
A handsome man.
An old man.

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Who went to the Russian Orthodox church looking for Chava?
Fyedka.
Tevye.
Golde.
The film was shot through a silk stocking to help give it the correct texture and set it in the time period. The stocking gave it an amber tone to add more warmth.
Tzeitel.

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What new machine did Motel get?
An automobile.
A sewing machine.
"It's a sewing machine! It can work twice as fast."
A washing machine.
A typewriter.

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Near the end of the movie, what did the Constable announce to everyone gathered outside Tevye's house?
They were going to be massacred.
They all had to leave town.
The cavalry used in the Kiev scenes were one of the last Yugoslavian mounted police units, which the director supplied with period costumes. Their swords were coated in chrome to help catch the light.
The Russians were abandoning the town to them.
All the men were being deported to Siberia.

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Why had the Constable thought Tevye would be spared?
The Constable vouched for Tevye's character.
Tevye wasn't a moneylender.
His daughter married a Russian.
"Stop it! At first, I thought you might be spared, Tevye, because of the marriage of your daughter."
Tevye always paid his taxes on time.

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How long did the Jewish people have to sell their homes and evacuate?
Six months.
Six weeks.
Three weeks.
Three days.
During Fiddler, the seasons changed from spring to winter. In addition, by the end of the movie, the director got rid of most of the color so that the final scenes were almost filmed in black and white.

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At the end of the movie, where did Yente decide to go?
Chicago.
Jerusalem.
"Guess where. Nah, you'll never guess. Every year at Passover, what do we say? Next year in Jerusalem."
New York.
St. Petersburg.

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