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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1923, On Broadway - 1923, The Verdict: People of the State of New York vs. The God of Vengeance.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the bar in which Lemml spends time with a drunk Eugene O’Neill?
(a) The West Village Retreat.
(b) The Carriage House.
(c) The Hell Hole.
(d) The Stonewall Inn.

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

3. O’Neill believes that the court will claim that the problem with the show is what?
(a) The setting being a brothel.
(b) The fact that God can be sold for a price.
(c) And the plot does not make any sense.
(d) The lesbian relationship.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is Lemml related?

2. How has Sholem been affected by the pogroms in Europe?

3. What does Yekel do with the Torah scroll instead of throwing it on the ground?

4. When Virginia says that she cannot breathe when she looks at Dorothee, how does Lemml respond?

5. Beginning of Act Three starts onstage with Sarah speaking about how what person is opening her own whorehouse with Rifkele as the prostitute?

(see the answer key)

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