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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. What does Peretz tell Sholem will happen to him when the public gets ahold of this play?
(a) He will be rich and famous.
(b) He will be exhaulted.
(c) He will be thrown into jail.
(d) He will be torn limb from limb.

2. What is Sholem's response when Peretz says now is not the time to stir up anti-Semitism?
(a) I am not trying to stir up anti-Semitism.
(b) This play will stop anti-Semitism.
(c) When will be the right time?
(d) You are correct.

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

4. What does Vogel distinctly remember about The God of Vengeance?
(a) It was written in 1906 by a Jewish man.
(b) It was on Broadway.
(c) It had a love scene between the two women and was written by a newly married man.
(d) It first toured Europe before coming to America.

5. The God of Vengeance changed Vogel’s attitude and assumptions regarding what?
(a) Homosexuality.
(b) Empathy and gender roles.
(c) Young married men.
(d) The Holocaust.

Short Answer Questions

1. Vogel says she wrote the scenes, and Taichman made them come alive. Which scenes does she specifically mention?

2. Nakhmen says this play is written by a Jew who hates who?

3. In what languages do the actors speak at the beginning of the play?

4. What kind of music begins to play at the beginning of Indecent?

5. What is Madje's first response to Sholem's play?

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