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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Vogel distinctly remember about The God of Vengeance?
(a) It had a love scene between the two women and was written by a newly married man.
(b) It was on Broadway.
(c) It first toured Europe before coming to America.
(d) It was written in 1906 by a Jewish man.

3. The God of Vengeance changed Vogel’s attitude and assumptions regarding what?
(a) Young married men.
(b) Empathy and gender roles.
(c) Homosexuality.
(d) The Holocaust.

4. When was Indecent's New York premiere?
(a) April 27, 2016.
(b) April 27, 2012.
(c) April 27, 2011.
(d) April 27, 2018.

5. When Mrs. Peretz enters, for what is the excitement in the house not good?
(a) Mr. Peretz's digestion.
(b) The Jewish people.
(c) The men in the salon.
(d) Mr. Peretz's heart.

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

7. Indecent had its Broadway debut at what theatre?
(a) The Richard Rodgers Theatre.
(b) The Cort Theatre.
(c) The Public Theatre.
(d) The Lyceum Theatre.

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

9. What is Sholem's response when he asks the men what a minyan is?
(a) It is a yellow creature that helps Gru.
(b) It is no longer necessary.
(c) It is ten Jews who pray together.
(d) It is ten Jews in a circle accusing each other of anti-Semitism.

10. To whom is Lemml related?
(a) He is Nakhmen's nephew.
(b) He is Sholem's brother.
(c) He is Mr. Peretz's son.
(d) He is Madje's nephew.

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

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

13. In what languages are scene titles and translations projected throughout Indecent?
(a) English and Yiddish.
(b) German and Yiddish.
(c) English and French.
(d) Spanish and Chinese.

14. When was Indecent's Broadway premiere?
(a) April 18, 2017.
(b) April 18, 2011.
(c) April 18, 2019.
(d) April 18, 2013.

15. Why were readings and workshops able to begin for Indecent?
(a) Thanks to multiple non-profit organizations.
(b) Thanks to Taichman's financial contributions.
(c) Thanks to government grants.
(d) Thanks to Vogel's writing team's fund.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The playwright adds a note that if the reader sees “/” that means what?

3. What was NOT included in the box of materials that Taichman unearthed at the start of the collaboration with Vogel?

4. Describe the set.

5. For every scene kept in Indecent, how many were thrown out?

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