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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is Madje's first response to Sholem's play?
(a) Chas v'shalom.
(b) Oh.
(c) What is this trash?
(d) Wow.
2. How does Madje feel about the response Sholem will get from the men at the salon?
(a) She is confident they will love it.
(b) She is nervous things will not go well.
(c) She is prepared to be angry with the men at the salon.
(d) She is unsure what they will think.
3. Peretz says that if Sholem must throw stones, he should throw them where?
(a) At the gentiles.
(b) In his own yard.
(c) At his own home.
(d) Outside the tent.
4. For every scene kept in Indecent, how many were thrown out?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.
5. When did the obscenity trial take place?
(a) 1923.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1906.
6. How did Vogel first hear about Taichman?
(a) She had read an article about her in Time magazine.
(b) She had received a call from her while she was in college regarding some research.
(c) She had read about a young director who had staged the obscenity trials as her thesis.
(d) She had interviewed her while she was in college.
7. What young woman is Yekel concerned about?
(a) His frail sister, Chana.
(b) His wife, the former prostitute, Sarah.
(c) His virgin daughter, Rifkele.
(d) One of his whores, Manke.
8. How many years later was Indecent complete?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 7 years.
(d) 5 years.
9. When was Indecent's Broadway premiere?
(a) April 18, 2011.
(b) April 18, 2013.
(c) April 18, 2017.
(d) April 18, 2019.
10. When was Indecent's New York premiere?
(a) April 27, 2012.
(b) April 27, 2016.
(c) April 27, 2011.
(d) April 27, 2018.
11. Where does Sholem say he will take his stones?
(a) Back home.
(b) To the gentiles.
(c) To another tent.
(d) Outside the tent.
12. Where did Vogel and Taichmann first begin to work on Indecent?
(a) In a local coffee shop.
(b) In Vogel's home.
(c) In a shared cabin.
(d) In Taichman's office.
13. What do the men think of the ending of the play?
(a) All of the men are horrified by the desecration of the Torah.
(b) The men love the emotional quality at the end of the play.
(c) Lemmls finds this ending to be wonderful, while the other men are shocked at the desecration of the Torah.
(d) Lemml is uncomfortable with the treatment of the Torah, but the other men find it exhilarating.
14. Indecent had its New York premiere where?
(a) The Stanley Theatre.
(b) The Vineyard Theatre.
(c) Eastman Theatre.
(d) The Landmark Theatre.
15. What is Sholem's response when Nakhmen says he is representing the Jewish people as prostitutes and pimps?
(a) These characters are more than just prostitutes and pimps.
(b) Some of our people are prostitutes and pimps.
(c) These characters are not prostitutes and pimps.
(d) Yes, you are correct.
Short Answer Questions
1. Vogel says she wrote the scenes, and Taichman made them come alive. Which scenes does she specifically mention?
2. How did Vogel finish up her days?
3. When was The God of Vengeance written?
4. For whom does Sholem want to write?
5. Who does Sholem address at the end of this section?
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