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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. What does Peretz tell Sholem will happen to him when the public gets ahold of this play?
(a) He will be torn limb from limb.
(b) He will be rich and famous.
(c) He will be exhaulted.
(d) He will be thrown into jail.

2. Where did Vogel and Taichmann first begin to work on Indecent?
(a) In Taichman's office.
(b) In a local coffee shop.
(c) In Vogel's home.
(d) In a shared cabin.

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

4. What is Sholem's response when Peretz says now is not the time to stir up anti-Semitism?
(a) You are correct.
(b) I am not trying to stir up anti-Semitism.
(c) When will be the right time?
(d) This play will stop anti-Semitism.

5. What kind of music begins to play at the beginning of Indecent?
(a) A waltz.
(b) A violin solo.
(c) Klezmer music.
(d) Big band music.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language does Peretz say is their mother tongue?

2. In what languages are scene titles and translations projected throughout Indecent?

3. About what does Peretz think Sholem should write?

4. When was The God of Vengeance written?

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

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