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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Preface, Production History, Characters, Place, Set, Titles, Language.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How long did it take the women to create a rough draft of Indecent?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 2 years.

4. Indecent had its New York premiere where?
(a) The Vineyard Theatre.
(b) Eastman Theatre.
(c) The Landmark Theatre.
(d) The Stanley Theatre.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was NOT included in the box of materials that Taichman unearthed at the start of the collaboration with Vogel?

2. The playwright adds a note that if the reader sees “/” that means what?

3. When was Indecent's first world premieres?

4. When did the obscenity trial take place?

5. Who wrote the play, The God of Vengeance?

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