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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Indecent: The True Story of a Little Jewish Play: From Ashes They Rise - The Last Moments of the Play.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Sholem's play end?
(a) It ends with Sarah begging to save Rifkele.
(b) It ends with Yekel forgiving Rifkele.
(c) It ends with Rifkele and Manke dancing in the rain.
(d) It ends with Yekel threatening to make Rifkele a whore in his brothel and then throwing the Torah scroll on the ground.

2. What is Sholem's response when he asks the men what a minyan is?
(a) It is ten Jews in a circle accusing each other of anti-Semitism.
(b) It is no longer necessary.
(c) It is ten Jews who pray together.
(d) It is a yellow creature that helps Gru.

3. Why does Nakhmen groan as they prepare to read Sholem's play?
(a) It begins by talking about Jewish traditions.
(b) It starts off with a matchmaker named Yente.
(c) It takes place in a brothel, like so many other plays.
(d) It begins with an old Jewish tale.

4. How is the troupe described prior to the list of characters?
(a) The Dead Troupe.
(b) The Dusty Troupe.
(c) The Old Troupe.
(d) The Jewish Troupe.

5. Vogel had read The God of Vengeance while a student at what university?
(a) Yale.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Cornell.
(d) Brown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Peretz tell Sholem will happen to him when the public gets ahold of this play?

2. What does Vogel say about the collaboration with Taichman?

3. About what does Peretz think Sholem should write?

4. Where does Indecent take place?

5. How is the troupe first noticed by the audience?

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