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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the judge blame for the content of The God of Vengeance?
(a) The Jews.
(b) The East.
(c) The poor.
(d) Those from downtown.

2. Why does Asch feel grateful to Lemml?
(a) He paid for severs of the cast members’ visas.
(b) He was the first to support him and his play;
(c) He had the script translated into English.
(d) He helped him bring the troupe to America.

3. In 1920, Ellis Island: An Impossibly Long Line, the troupe is lined up where?
(a) Pennsylvania Station.
(b) At the base of the Statue of Liberty.
(c) In the Great Hall on Ellis Island.
(d) On a boat in New York harbor.

4. The troupe suddenly goes into a rendition of what song about the rich getting rich and the poor being laid off but everyone is having fun anyway?
(a) Ain’t We Got Fun.
(b) Take Me Back to Manhattan.
(c) Another Op'nin', Another Show.
(d) Easy Street.

5. In Full Company Meeting: The Provincetown Playhouse, how does the cast respond when they learn that the Broadway production will not include the romantic rain scene at the end of the play?
(a) They are appalled.
(b) They are relieved.
(c) They are nervous.
(d) They are not surprised.

6. Who does Silverman blame for the Jewish underground prostitution ring?
(a) The men who earn a living off the sweat of the women who work for them.
(b) World governments.
(c) The women who sell themselves.
(d) The community who supports these acts.

7. For how long has Lemml known they were going to fire Reina?
(a) 2 days.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 2 minutes.

8. How has Sholem been affected by the pogroms in Europe?
(a) He is sorry for those in Europe but does not worry about Jews in America.
(b) He cannot get the images of what he saw out of his head.
(c) He has not been affected by them at all.
(d) He wants to return to Europe to help out.

9. What analogy does O’Neill use to give Lemml advice to pass on to Asch?
(a) Karate moves.
(b) Wrestling moves.
(c) Boxing moves.
(d) Chess moves.

10. In Sholem Asch Shows Lemml America, what does Asch show Lemml?
(a) The New York harbor.
(b) The Lower East Side.
(c) The Brooklyn Bridge.
(d) The Empire State Building.

11. This section (1908, Berlin: A Cabaret) begins with the lights coming up on a cabaret in Berlin, as the troupe dances how?
(a) Quickly.
(b) Nervously.
(c) Gracefully.
(d) Erotically.

12. What does the doctor NOT recommend for Sholem?
(a) A trip out to the wild west.
(b) He be committed to an institution upstate.
(c) Bed rest.
(d) Talk therapy.

13. What other cities are listed in which the performance stays the same?
(a) Paris and Rome.
(b) Prague and Constantinople.
(c) Constantinople and Bratislava.
(d) Warsaw and Bratislava.

14. What does Dorothee NOT ask Virginia regarding what will shock her parents more?
(a) She is a girl in love with a prostitute.
(b) She has run away from home to act in her very first play.
(c) She is in a Jewish company.
(d) She is playing a Jewish girl.

15. As the troupe sings a song that ends with a kickline, they begin dressed as what?
(a) Businessmen.
(b) Gypsies.
(c) Hippies.
(d) Hasidim.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the real names of Reina and Dorothee?

2. Who does Madje think Sholem should tell about what is going on in his life?

3. 1923, On Broadway lists what?

4. What does Sholem decide to do to defend his play in court?

5. In Officer Bailie Enters the Wings, the show is coming to an end, and Officer Bailie asks Asch to have the cast do what?

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