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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1938, Staten Island: Sholem Asch in his Study - 1952, Bridgeport, Connecticut: Moving Day, Sholem and Madje Asch's House.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Esther treat the newly-cast Virginia?
(a) She ignores her completely.
(b) She gives her special attention.
(c) She gives her a hard time.
(d) She is kind to her.

2. When Virginia says that she cannot breathe when she looks at Dorothee, how does Lemml respond?
(a) He says that she should try to calm down.
(b) He says that she must feel what Rifkele feels.
(c) He tells her she should see a doctor.
(d) He tells her that there must be something wrong with her.

3. What did Vogel do when other projects came along, whiles she was working on Indecent?
(a) She pause Indecent to work on other projects.
(b) She agreed to assist with other projects but not do them solely on her own.
(c) She pushed them off.
(d) She would switch back and forth between other projects and Indecent.

4. 1911, St. Petersburg is a repeat of the last few lines of the play, minus what?
(a) The line about sending Rifkele down into the whorehouse.
(b) The lines about the Torah.
(c) The lines about knowing how to make money.
(d) The lines about dragging Rifkele back by her hair.

5. The playwright adds a note that if the reader sees “/” that means what?
(a) The character will speak in two languages.
(b) The character may improvise.
(c) The dialogue is meant to overlap.
(d) The dialogue is to be sung.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much acting training does Virginia have?

2. Who in The God of Vengeance finds the cast guilty of presenting an indecent, obscene, and immoral play, exhibition, and drama?

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

4. How do the stage directions end?

5. In Full Company Meeting: The Provincetown Playhouse, how does the cast respond when they learn that the Broadway production will not include the romantic rain scene at the end of the play?

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