The Fiddler Unit 2 Student Study Guide

Name ______

I. Beginning of the Selection (pp. 97–98) A. Introduction of Characters and the Circus 1. The narrator’s ______is criticized. 2. The people crowding Broadway are on their way to a ______. 3. The narrator’s name is ______. 4. ______introduces Helmstone to Hautboy. 5. ______eyes look ______, cheery, and gray. 6. Helmstone, ______, and ______go to the circus. 7. When Helmstone looks at Hautboy, he sees a boy of ______instead of a man of forty. 8. The crowd at the circus is very excited to see the ______.

II. Middle of the Selection (pp. 99–101) A. At Taylor’s 1. Helmstone is struck with the excellent ______Hautboy has. 2. Hautboy leaves Taylor’s when he remembers an ______. 3. During Hautboy’s absence, ______and ______discuss Hautboy. a. Helmstone says he wishes he were ______. b. Helmstone says that it is impossible for a ______to get rid of his ______. c. Helmstone can’t see how Hautboy can be compared to a ______fellow like Standard or an ambitious ______like himself. d. Standard says that Helmstone admires Hautboy’s ______but scorns his commonplace ______. e. Helmstone argues that he simply declares that Hautboy is no ______for himself. 4. Hautboy returns, and the three men leave Taylor’s to go to ______rooms. a. Standard makes Hautboy promise to play his ______.

III. End of the Selection (pp. 102–103) A. At Hautboy’s House 1. Hautboy’s house is charmingly ______and cozy. 2. Hautboy plays “______” and other common tunes on his fiddle. 3. Helmstone realizes there is something miraculously ______in the style.

B. On the Street 1. Standard tells Helmstone that ______is an extraordinary ______. 2. Hautboy makes his living ______. 3. Hautboy is happy living ______genius and ______fame. 4. Standard whispers Hautboy’s ______in Helmstone’s ear. 5. Standard mentions that he heard that Helmstone’s ______was not well received. 6. The next day, Helmstone buys a ______.