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. Why has the rain scene been removed from the Broadway script?
(a) The actresses decided they were not comfortable with the scene.
(b) It was illegal to have homosexuality on the stage.
(c) The cost of having it rain on stage was too high.
(d) It has been decided that the uptown crowd can handle a brothel but not lesbian love.

2. How has Sholem been affected by the pogroms in Europe?
(a) He wants to return to Europe to help out.
(b) He cannot get the images of what he saw out of his head.
(c) He is sorry for those in Europe but does not worry about Jews in America.
(d) He has not been affected by them at all.

3. The playwright adds a note that if the reader sees “/” that means what?
(a) The dialogue is to be sung.
(b) The character will speak in two languages.
(c) The character may improvise.
(d) The dialogue is meant to overlap.

4. For whom does Sholem want to write?
(a) For everyone.
(b) The Jewish people.
(c) The poor.
(d) The Jewish youth.

5. Who does Madje think Sholem should tell about what is going on in his life?
(a) His friends.
(b) His family.
(c) A psychologist.
(d) A Rabbi.