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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. Where does Sholem say he has always wanted to see?
(a) Paris.
(b) Berlin.
(c) America.
(d) Warsaw.

2. How does Sholem's play end?
(a) It ends with Sarah begging to save Rifkele.
(b) It ends with Rifkele and Manke dancing in the rain.
(c) It ends with Yekel threatening to make Rifkele a whore in his brothel and then throwing the Torah scroll on the ground.
(d) It ends with Yekel forgiving Rifkele.

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

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

5. Why does Sholem have Peretz read the part of Yekel?
(a) Yekel is the only male character.
(b) Yekel is the first character to speak.
(c) Yekel is strong and powerful, just like Peretz.
(d) Yekel is the protagonist and has the most lines.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sholem want to change the way gentiles see Jews?

2. In Rabbi Silverman – A Sermon, Temple Emanu-El, Silverman is appalled at Asch’s play and says he expects to be abused by whom but not by a fellow Jew?

3. How does Schildkraut react to Esther's treatment of Virginia?

4. What is the first thing that Lemml does?

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

(see the answer key)

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