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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. Why does Nakhmen groan as they prepare to read Sholem's play?
(a) It begins with an old Jewish tale.
(b) It takes place in a brothel, like so many other plays.
(c) It starts off with a matchmaker named Yente.
(d) It begins by talking about Jewish traditions.

2. What is Sholem's response when Nakhmen says he is representing the Jewish people as prostitutes and pimps?
(a) Some of our people are prostitutes and pimps.
(b) These characters are not prostitutes and pimps.
(c) Yes, you are correct.
(d) These characters are more than just prostitutes and pimps.

3. To whom does Vogel NOT dedicate Indecent?
(a) Vogel's immigrant ancestors.
(b) Rebecca Taichman’s immigrant ancestors.
(c) All of our immigrant ancestors.
(d) Sholem Asch and his descendants.

4. What did Vogel do when other projects came along, whiles she was working on Indecent?
(a) She pushed them off.
(b) She pause Indecent to work on other projects.
(c) She would switch back and forth between other projects and Indecent.
(d) She agreed to assist with other projects but not do them solely on her own.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Sholem address at the end of this section?

2. Why does Sholem have Peretz read the part of Yekel?

3. When was The God of Vengeance written?

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

5. What kind of music begins to play at the beginning of Indecent?

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