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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Sholem's response when Madje asks if they will stop the show because of the content of the show?
(a) No, they will not stop the show.
(b) Yes, they will stop the show because of the content.
(c) They will stop the show because they are "polack kikes" on Broadway.
(d) They will stop the show because the producer cannot make the theatre rent payment.

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

3. How much acting training does Virginia have?
(a) Very little in high school.
(b) A college degree in theatre performance.
(c) Some.
(d) None.

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

5. What does Sholem decide to do to defend his play in court?
(a) He sends Madje to court.
(b) He goes to court.
(c) Write a letter to the court.
(d) He protests outside the courthouse.

6. Silverman denounces this play and is happy that what has happened?
(a) The cast has been arrested.
(b) The cast has been sent back to Europe.
(c) The playwright has been arrested.
(d) The script has been changed.

7. When Freida says she is not sure about how to play a Jew, and Elsa says she is Jewish. What does Freida say?
(a) She wishes she were actually Jewish.
(b) They are German first and foremost.
(c) It is too bad Elsa is Jewish.
(d) Elsa should convert to Christianity and hide her identity.

8. The Last Moments of the Play is a repeat of what?
(a) The lines of the play that has been performed previously minus the sending of Rivkele to the brothel.
(b) The lines of the end of the play that have been performed previously.
(c) The lines of the end of the play that have been performed previously, but this time they are performed in Yiddish.
(d) The first lines of the play.

9. How does Esther treat the newly-cast Virginia?
(a) She gives her a hard time.
(b) She is kind to her.
(c) She gives her special attention.
(d) She ignores her completely.

10. Why does Sholem want to change the way gentiles see Jews?
(a) He has many gentile friends.
(b) He is tired of the mistreatment he has received.
(c) He wishes he were a gentile.
(d) He fears the pogroms of Europe are coming to America.

11. What does Madje wish Sholem had never done?
(a) Changed his script to appease his producer.
(b) Written The God of Vengeance.
(c) Brought them to America.
(d) Gone to Vilna and learned about the pogroms.

12. O’Neill believes that the court will claim that the problem with the show is what?
(a) The fact that God can be sold for a price.
(b) The lesbian relationship.
(c) And the plot does not make any sense.
(d) The setting being a brothel.

13. How does Madje feel about her safety in America?
(a) She is slightly concerned about their safety.
(b) She fears their safety will begin to dwindle.
(c) She worries for their safety.
(d) She believes they are safe.

14. 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 nervous.
(b) They are relieved.
(c) They are not surprised.
(d) They are appalled.

15. Why does Schildkraut fire Reina?
(a) Her English is not good enough.
(b) She has missed too many rehearsals.
(c) She is difficult to work with.
(d) She has been stealing from the production funds.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Rabbi Silverman – A Sermon, Temple Emanu-El, Silverman is appalled at Asch’s play and says he expects to be abused by whom but not by a fellow Jew?

2. In 1921, New York City: The Bowery Theatre, the lines that were spoken at previous theatres is now spoken in what language?

3. In 1922, New York City: Rehearsal for the English Transfer, what is taking place between Dorothee and Reina?

4. In Sholem Asch Shows Lemml America, what does Asch show Lemml?

5. How does O’Neill feel towards Asch?

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