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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rabbi Silverman say in Cast and Producer Arrested for Obscenity?
(a) He is telling the audience that anytime someone is arrested, he prays they are not Jewish.
(b) He was wondering to himself what he should say to his congregation regarding The God of Vengeance.
(c) He is telling the audience that he worries for the cast of The God of Vengeance.
(d) He is speaking to Sholem Asch about his play.

2. In the love scene between Manke and Rifkele, what does Dorothee do, regarding the newly-cast Virginia?
(a) She forces her to do the love scene.
(b) She tells her to practice the love scene with someone else first.
(c) She refuses to do the love scene with Virginia.
(d) She checks in with Virginia to make sure she is comfortable with the embrace.

3. After a Night in Jail begins with who waiting outside the jail for the cast to be bailed out?
(a) Harry and Lemml.
(b) Reina and Lemml.
(c) Reina and Virginia’s father.
(d) Sholem and Madje.

4. Why is Eugene O’Neill not able to testify for the cast?
(a) He is feeling under the weather.
(b) The court dismissed all the defense witnesses.
(c) He decided he was too nervous to speak up in court.
(d) He cannot testify for the changes that were made and The God of Vengeance.

5. Why has the rain scene been removed from the Broadway script?
(a) The actresses decided they were not comfortable with the scene.
(b) The cost of having it rain on stage was too high.
(c) It was illegal to have homosexuality on the stage.
(d) It has been decided that the uptown crowd can handle a brothel but not lesbian love.

6. In 1908, Berlin: A Cabaret, Halina sings what song?
(a) Home in Berlin.
(b) Ticket to Berlin.
(c) Suitcase in Berlin.
(d) Umbrella in Berlin.

7. In 1922, New York City: Rehearsal for the English Transfer, what is taking place between Dorothee and Reina?
(a) They are fighting.
(b) They are having lunch.
(c) They are in deep discussion.
(d) They are singing.

8. Why are there a great deal of police in the theatre?
(a) Many audience members are wearing expensive jewelry.
(b) There was a robbery nearby.
(c) The officers want to see the show.
(d) The show has been receiving threats.

9. Why is Sholem agitated and troubled?
(a) His trip to Europe to learn more about the pogroms.
(b) He has been drinking too much coffee.
(c) He is concerned for the safety of his daughter in London.
(d) He is worried about his play.

10. 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 is in a Jewish company.
(c) She has run away from home to act in her very first play.
(d) She is playing a Jewish girl.

11. What is the name of the bar in which Lemml spends time with a drunk Eugene O’Neill?
(a) The Hell Hole.
(b) The Stonewall Inn.
(c) The Carriage House.
(d) The West Village Retreat.

12. Who posted bail for much of the cast?
(a) Harry Weinberger.
(b) Lemml.
(c) Virginia’s father.
(d) Sholem Asch.

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

14. How does Freida respond when Lemml says that Sholem Asch is a genius?
(a) She chides him.
(b) She ignores him.
(c) She encourages him.
(d) She teases him.

15. How does this 1923, On Broadway begin?
(a) A tap dance.
(b) With an instrumental reprise of “Ain’t We Got Fun.”
(c) A scene completely in Yiddish.
(d) The rain scene.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the doctor NOT recommend for Sholem?

2. In 1923: A Doctor, A Diagnosis, why does Madje have Sholem seen by a doctor?

3. 1911, St. Petersburg is a repeat of the last few lines of the play, minus what?

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

5. When Virginia says that she cannot breathe when she looks at Dorothee, how does Lemml respond?

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