Indecent Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Indecent Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For every scene kept in Indecent, how many were thrown out?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

2. What type of plays do the men at the salon want, regarding the Jewish people?
(a) Plays that represent the Jewish people as valiant and heroic.
(b) Plays that put fear into the hearts of gentiles.
(c) Plays that show the innocence of the Jewish people.
(d) Plays that tell Jewish tall tales.

3. As Vogel wrote the play, what does she say she began to feel regarding the story?
(a) She began to worry if this was the right story to write.
(b) She fell in love with this world until her obsession matched her director’s.
(c) She soon grew tired of the story and its characters.
(d) She began to feel hatred towards those who hurt the people in this story.

4. Nakhmen says this play is written by a Jew who hates who?
(a) The wealthy.
(b) Gentiles.
(c) Jews.
(d) The poor.

5. Where does Indecent take place?
(a) Warsaw in 1906, Bridgeport, Connecticut in the 1950s and everywhere in between.
(b) Europe in 1906 and the 1920s and America in the 1950s.
(c) In an attic in Poland.
(d) A few cities in Europe and America in the 20th century.

6. What is the first thing that Lemml does?
(a) He tells the audience the tale they are about to witness.
(b) He sings a solo.
(c) He addresses the audience and introduces the troupe and the various characters they will play.
(d) He lets the audience know how the play will end.

7. Why does the playwright have some characters speak in perfect English and others with dialects?
(a) To show who which characters are poor and which are wealthy.
(b) To let the audience know more about the characters without changing languages.
(c) To show where the various characters are from in the U.S.
(d) To represent the various dialects in the U.S.

8. What young woman is Yekel concerned about?
(a) His frail sister, Chana.
(b) One of his whores, Manke.
(c) His wife, the former prostitute, Sarah.
(d) His virgin daughter, Rifkele.

9. What does Peretz think this play will do, regarding anti-Semitism?
(a) It will slow the spread of anti-Semitism.
(b) It will pour petrol on the flames of anti-Semitism.
(c) It might encourage anti-Semitism.
(d) It will end anti-Semitism.

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

11. When was The God of Vengeance written?
(a) 1905.
(b) 1923.
(c) 1906.
(d) 2009.

12. 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.

13. What did Vogel do when other projects came along, whiles she was working on Indecent?
(a) She would switch back and forth between other projects and Indecent.
(b) She pushed them off.
(c) She pause Indecent to work on other projects.
(d) She agreed to assist with other projects but not do them solely on her own.

14. Where did Vogel and Taichmann first begin to work on Indecent?
(a) In Vogel's home.
(b) In a shared cabin.
(c) In a local coffee shop.
(d) In Taichman's office.

15. What language does Peretz say is their mother tongue?
(a) Yiddish.
(b) Russian.
(c) Polish.
(d) German.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what does Peretz think Sholem should write?

2. In what languages do the actors speak at the beginning of the play?

3. How does Sholem feel every time he meets with Mr. Peretz?

4. What does Vogel distinctly remember about The God of Vengeance?

5. How did Vogel first hear about Taichman?

(see the answer keys)

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