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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1923, On Broadway - 1923, The Verdict: People of the State of New York vs. The God of Vengeance.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Sholem say he will take his stones?
(a) To the gentiles.
(b) Back home.
(c) Outside the tent.
(d) To another tent.

2. What does Rabbi Silverman say in Cast and Producer Arrested for Obscenity?
(a) He is telling the audience that he worries for the cast of The God of Vengeance.
(b) He is speaking to Sholem Asch about his play.
(c) He was wondering to himself what he should say to his congregation regarding The God of Vengeance.
(d) He is telling the audience that anytime someone is arrested, he prays they are not Jewish.

3. What do Madje and Sholem decide it is best for him to do?
(a) Speak to a therapist.
(b) Stay at home and for the two of them to attend opening night of his play.
(c) Vacation up in the Catskills.
(d) Stay at home in bed.

4. For whom does Sholem want to write?
(a) The Jewish people.
(b) For everyone.
(c) The Jewish youth.
(d) The poor.

5. To whom is Lemml related?
(a) He is Madje's nephew.
(b) He is Nakhmen's nephew.
(c) He is Sholem's brother.
(d) He is Mr. Peretz's son.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Virginia want to meet?

2. Who does Silverman blame for the Jewish underground prostitution ring?

3. How does O’Neill feel towards Asch?

4. What happens between Dorothee and Reina, after Dorothee is released from jail?

5. What is Sholem's response when Peretz says now is not the time to stir up anti-Semitism?

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