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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. What has happened to all of the letters Sholem sends to Lemml?
(a) They have been given to Lemml.
(b) They have been burned.
(c) They have been missing an address.
(d) They are returned to sender.

2. Why does the playwright have some characters speak in perfect English and others with dialects?
(a) To let the audience know more about the characters without changing languages.
(b) To show who which characters are poor and which are wealthy.
(c) To show where the various characters are from in the U.S.
(d) To represent the various dialects in the U.S.

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

4. Who does Lemml thank for the use of her attic?
(a) Mrs. Gittel Bronstein.
(b) Mrs. Mindel Halbstam.
(c) Mrs. Gitla Bronowski.
(d) Mrs. Chaya Lieblich.

5. How did Vogel first hear about Taichman?
(a) She had received a call from her while she was in college regarding some research.
(b) She had interviewed her while she was in college.
(c) She had read an article about her in Time magazine.
(d) She had read about a young director who had staged the obscenity trials as her thesis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lemml begins his long trip back to where?

2. Beginning of Act Three starts onstage with Sarah speaking about how what person is opening her own whorehouse with Rifkele as the prostitute?

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

4. In Rabbi Silverman – A Sermon, Temple Emanu-El, Silverman is appalled at Asch’s play and says he expects to be abused by whom but not by a fellow Jew?

5. To whom does Vogel NOT dedicate Indecent?

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