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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. Silverman denounces this play and is happy that what has happened?
(a) The cast has been arrested.
(b) The cast has been sent back to Europe.
(c) The playwright has been arrested.
(d) The script has been changed.

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

3. 1911, St. Petersburg is a repeat of the last few lines of the play, minus what?
(a) The lines about dragging Rifkele back by her hair.
(b) The line about sending Rifkele down into the whorehouse.
(c) The lines about the Torah.
(d) The lines about knowing how to make money.

4. What does Peretz advise Sholem to do with his manuscript at the end of this section?
(a) Rewrite the ending.
(b) Print more copies of it.
(c) To burn it.
(d) Make some changes in the dialogue.

5. 1923, On Broadway lists what?
(a) All the cast members of The God of Vengeance.
(b) All of the current shows on Broadway except The God of Vengeance.
(c) The locations The cast had traveled in which to perform The God of Vengeance.
(d) All of the current shows on Broadway.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the bar in which Lemml spends time with a drunk Eugene O’Neill?

2. How long did it take the women to create a rough draft of Indecent?

3. What is Sholem's response to Madje when she says they need to go to court?

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

5. Why does Nakhmen groan as they prepare to read Sholem's play?

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