Indecent Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Indecent Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Sholem say he has always wanted to see?
(a) Warsaw.
(b) Paris.
(c) Berlin.
(d) America.

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

4. What is Madje's first response to Sholem's play?
(a) Chas v'shalom.
(b) Wow.
(c) Oh.
(d) What is this trash?

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

6. What do the men think of the ending of the play?
(a) Lemmls finds this ending to be wonderful, while the other men are shocked at the desecration of the Torah.
(b) Lemml is uncomfortable with the treatment of the Torah, but the other men find it exhilarating.
(c) The men love the emotional quality at the end of the play.
(d) All of the men are horrified by the desecration of the Torah.

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

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

9. Why does Sholem have Peretz read the part of Yekel?
(a) Yekel is the only male character.
(b) Yekel is the first character to speak.
(c) Yekel is strong and powerful, just like Peretz.
(d) Yekel is the protagonist and has the most lines.

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

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

12. When was The God of Vengeance written?
(a) 1906.
(b) 1905.
(c) 1923.
(d) 2009.

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

14. What does Peretz tell Sholem will happen to him when the public gets ahold of this play?
(a) He will be rich and famous.
(b) He will be torn limb from limb.
(c) He will be exhaulted.
(d) He will be thrown into jail.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the troupe described prior to the list of characters?

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

3. Where does Sholem say he will take his stones?

4. Peretz says that if Sholem must throw stones, he should throw them where?

5. What are the two locations in which Indecent had its world premiere?

(see the answer keys)

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