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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. In what languages do the actors speak at the beginning of the play?
(a) Yiddish and English.
(b) Spanish and Chinese.
(c) Yiddish and German.
(d) French and German.

2. Peretz says that if Sholem must throw stones, he should throw them where?
(a) At his own home.
(b) At the gentiles.
(c) Outside the tent.
(d) In his own yard.

3. What does Peretz advise Sholem to do with his manuscript at the end of this section?
(a) Print more copies of it.
(b) To burn it.
(c) Make some changes in the dialogue.
(d) Rewrite the ending.

4. When does Paula Vogel receive a call from Rebecca Taichman?
(a) 2009.
(b) 1989.
(c) 2019.
(d) 2017.

5. As Vogel wrote the play, what does she say she began to feel regarding the story?
(a) She fell in love with this world until her obsession matched her director’s.
(b) She soon grew tired of the story and its characters.
(c) She began to worry if this was the right story to write.
(d) She began to feel hatred towards those who hurt the people in this story.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does Lemml react to the love scene the men are reading?

4. How does Sholem feel every time he meets with Mr. Peretz?

5. Who co-commissioned Indecent?

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