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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who wrote the play, The God of Vengeance?
(a) Sholem Asch.
(b) Rebecca Taichman.
(c) Madje Asch.
(d) Paual Vogel.
2. What does Vogel say about the collaboration with Taichman?
(a) It was the collaboration of a lifetime.
(b) It was disappointing.
(c) It was very challenging.
(d) It had its highs and lows.
3. The God of Vengeance changed Vogel’s attitude and assumptions regarding what?
(a) Empathy and gender roles.
(b) The Holocaust.
(c) Young married men.
(d) Homosexuality.
4. Where does Indecent take place?
(a) A few cities in Europe and America in the 20th century.
(b) In an attic in Poland.
(c) Warsaw in 1906, Bridgeport, Connecticut in the 1950s and everywhere in between.
(d) Europe in 1906 and the 1920s and America in the 1950s.
5. When Mrs. Peretz enters, for what is the excitement in the house not good?
(a) The Jewish people.
(b) Mr. Peretz's heart.
(c) Mr. Peretz's digestion.
(d) The men in the salon.
6. Who co-commissioned Indecent?
(a) Ogunquit Playhouse and American Repertory Theater.
(b) American Players Theater and Waterville Playshop.
(c) Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Yale Repertory Theatre.
(d) Stratford Theater Festival and Goodman Theatre.
7. For whom does Sholem want to write?
(a) The poor.
(b) For everyone.
(c) The Jewish youth.
(d) The Jewish people.
8. How is the troupe first noticed by the audience?
(a) The troupe performs a kickline.
(b) The troupe stand up, covered in dust.
(c) The troupe introduces themselves.
(d) The troupe sings in Yiddish from the wings.
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. 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 let the audience know more about the characters without changing languages.
(c) To show who which characters are poor and which are wealthy.
(d) To show where the various characters are from in the U.S.
11. How did Vogel finish up her days?
(a) Listening to Wiegela and weeping.
(b) Listening to recordings of Isaac Perlman.
(c) Practicing yoga and deep breathing.
(d) Watching films on the Holocaust.
12. Why does Nakhmen groan as they prepare to read Sholem's play?
(a) It takes place in a brothel, like so many other plays.
(b) It starts off with a matchmaker named Yente.
(c) It begins with an old Jewish tale.
(d) It begins by talking about Jewish traditions.
13. How does Sholem feel every time he meets with Mr. Peretz?
(a) Anxious and worried.
(b) Very happy and excited.
(c) Like one of the prostitutes in his play.
(d) Comfortable and welcome.
14. About what does Peretz think Sholem should write?
(a) What he knows.
(b) What he loves.
(c) What the people are comfortable with.
(d) What honors the Jewish people.
15. When was Indecent's first world premieres?
(a) October 2, 2010 and November 13, 2010.
(b) October 2, 2015 and November 13, 2015.
(c) October 2, 2012 and November 13, 2012.
(d) October 2, 2013 and November 13, 2013.
Short Answer Questions
1. As Vogel wrote the play, what does she say she began to feel regarding the story?
2. How many years later was Indecent complete?
3. The playwright adds a note that if the reader sees “/” that means what?
4. What do the men think of the ending of the play?
5. Indecent had its Broadway debut at what theatre?
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