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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what languages do the actors speak at the beginning of the play?
(a) Yiddish and English.
(b) Yiddish and German.
(c) French and German.
(d) Spanish and Chinese.

2. What is Sholem's response when Nakhmen says he is representing the Jewish people as prostitutes and pimps?
(a) Yes, you are correct.
(b) These characters are not prostitutes and pimps.
(c) These characters are more than just prostitutes and pimps.
(d) Some of our people are prostitutes and pimps.

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

4. How did Vogel finish up her days?
(a) Listening to Wiegela and weeping.
(b) Watching films on the Holocaust.
(c) Listening to recordings of Isaac Perlman.
(d) Practicing yoga and deep breathing.

5. What is the line that Madje says that is later used in the play and is read later on in this section in the salon reading?
(a) Oy vey!
(b) Willkommen. Bienvenue. Welcome.
(c) The is such mishegas.
(d) Teach me. Take me. I want to taste you.

6. How does Madje feel about the response Sholem will get from the men at the salon?
(a) She is nervous things will not go well.
(b) She is confident they will love it.
(c) She is unsure what they will think.
(d) She is prepared to be angry with the men at the salon.

7. What is the first thing that Lemml does?
(a) He sings a solo.
(b) He tells the audience the tale they are about to witness.
(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.

8. How does Sholem feel every time he meets with Mr. Peretz?
(a) Anxious and worried.
(b) Like one of the prostitutes in his play.
(c) Very happy and excited.
(d) Comfortable and welcome.

9. Who does Sholem address at the end of this section?
(a) Lemml.
(b) Nahkmen.
(c) Peretz.
(d) Madje.

10. When was Indecent's first world premieres?
(a) October 2, 2012 and November 13, 2012.
(b) October 2, 2013 and November 13, 2013.
(c) October 2, 2015 and November 13, 2015.
(d) October 2, 2010 and November 13, 2010.

11. What are the two locations in which Indecent had its world premiere?
(a) Hartford Stage and Indianapolis Repertory Theatre.
(b) The Muny and Seattle Repertory Theatre.
(c) Arena Stage and Goodspeed Musicals.
(d) Yale Repertory Theatre and La Jolla Playhouse.

12. In the end, why did Vogel not use the obscenity trial itself?
(a) It did not fit, and she could not make it fit.
(b) She had plans to create a second play focusing on the trial.
(c) It was too long and boring.
(d) It was too emotional for Vogel to add into the play.

13. What love scene is shocking to the men?
(a) The one between Yekel and Manke.
(b) The one between Yekel and Sarah.
(c) The one between Rifkele and Manke.
(d) The one between Sholem and Madje.

14. Where does Sholem say he will take his stones?
(a) To another tent.
(b) Back home.
(c) To the gentiles.
(d) Outside the tent.

15. How long did it take the women to create a rough draft of Indecent?
(a) 1 week.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 2 weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Vogel do when other projects came along, whiles she was working on Indecent?

2. What kind of music begins to play at the beginning of Indecent?

3. What does Peretz think this play will do, regarding anti-Semitism?

4. What is Sholem's response as the men hurl insults at him?

5. When does Paula Vogel receive a call from Rebecca Taichman?

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