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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. What is the name of the bar in which Lemml spends time with a drunk Eugene O’Neill?
(a) The Stonewall Inn.
(b) The Hell Hole.
(c) The West Village Retreat.
(d) The Carriage House.

2. In what languages do the actors speak at the beginning of the play?
(a) Yiddish and German.
(b) Yiddish and English.
(c) Spanish and Chinese.
(d) French and German.

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

4. What does the doctor NOT recommend for Sholem?
(a) He be committed to an institution upstate.
(b) Talk therapy.
(c) Bed rest.
(d) A trip out to the wild west.

5. Who does Silverman blame for the Jewish underground prostitution ring?
(a) The community who supports these acts.
(b) The men who earn a living off the sweat of the women who work for them.
(c) The women who sell themselves.
(d) World governments.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Peretz think this play will do, regarding anti-Semitism?

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

3. In 1923: A Doctor, A Diagnosis, why does Madje have Sholem seen by a doctor?

4. 1911, St. Petersburg is a repeat of the last few lines of the play, minus what?

5. What analogy does O’Neill use to give Lemml advice to pass on to Asch?

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