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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. In the end, why did Vogel not use the obscenity trial itself?
(a) It did not fit, and she could not make it fit.
(b) It was too emotional for Vogel to add into the play.
(c) It was too long and boring.
(d) She had plans to create a second play focusing on the trial.

2. Why were readings and workshops able to begin for Indecent?
(a) Thanks to multiple non-profit organizations.
(b) Thanks to government grants.
(c) Thanks to Vogel's writing team's fund.
(d) Thanks to Taichman's financial contributions.

3. When was Indecent's Broadway premiere?
(a) April 18, 2017.
(b) April 18, 2019.
(c) April 18, 2013.
(d) April 18, 2011.

4. Where does Indecent take place?
(a) A few cities in Europe and America in the 20th century.
(b) In an attic in Poland.
(c) Europe in 1906 and the 1920s and America in the 1950s.
(d) Warsaw in 1906, Bridgeport, Connecticut in the 1950s and everywhere in between.

5. What was NOT included in the box of materials that Taichman unearthed at the start of the collaboration with Vogel?
(a) The original copy of The God of Vengeance.
(b) Her thesis.
(c) The entire trial transcript.
(d) Letters from the producer Harry Weinberger.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the obscenity trial take place?

2. Vogel had read The God of Vengeance while a student at what university?

3. Indecent had its New York premiere where?

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

5. When was Indecent's first world premieres?

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