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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 takes place in a brothel, like so many other plays.
(b) It begins with an old Jewish tale.
(c) It starts off with a matchmaker named Yente.
(d) It begins by talking about Jewish traditions.

2. Who co-commissioned Indecent?
(a) Ogunquit Playhouse and American Repertory Theater.
(b) Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Yale Repertory Theatre.
(c) American Players Theater and Waterville Playshop.
(d) Stratford Theater Festival and Goodman Theatre.

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

4. What is Madje's first response to Sholem's play?
(a) Wow.
(b) Chas v'shalom.
(c) Oh.
(d) What is this trash?

5. How did Vogel finish up her days?
(a) Practicing yoga and deep breathing.
(b) Watching films on the Holocaust.
(c) Listening to recordings of Isaac Perlman.
(d) Listening to Wiegela and weeping.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Vogel and Taichmann first begin to work on Indecent?

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

3. What do the men think of the ending of the play?

4. When was The God of Vengeance written?

5. As Vogel wrote the play, what does she say she began to feel regarding the story?

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