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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what does Peretz think Sholem should write?
(a) What he knows.
(b) What the people are comfortable with.
(c) What honors the Jewish people.
(d) What he loves.

2. When did the obscenity trial take place?
(a) 1906.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1923.

3. Vogel says she wrote the scenes, and Taichman made them come alive. Which scenes does she specifically mention?
(a) The various performances of The God of Vengeance.
(b) The cast rising from the ashes at the beginning and the rain scene at the end.
(c) The arrival of Lemml in America and his return to Poland.
(d) The opening scene with the Asch's and the final scene as they prepare to leave.

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

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

6. Vogel had read The God of Vengeance while a student at what university?
(a) Cornell.
(b) Yale.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Brown.

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

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

9. For whom does Sholem want to write?
(a) The Jewish youth.
(b) The Jewish people.
(c) For everyone.
(d) The poor.

10. Indecent had its New York premiere where?
(a) The Stanley Theatre.
(b) Eastman Theatre.
(c) The Landmark Theatre.
(d) The Vineyard Theatre.

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

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

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vogel say about the collaboration with Taichman?

2. How did Vogel first hear about Taichman?

3. To whom does Vogel NOT dedicate Indecent?

4. How many years later was Indecent complete?

5. Who wrote the play, The God of Vengeance?

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