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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Schildkraut react to Esther's treatment of Virginia?
(a) He shouts at her.
(b) He thanks her.
(c) He chastises her.
(d) He teases her.

2. 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 nervous.
(c) They are relieved.
(d) They are not surprised.

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

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

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

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

8. What is Sholem's response to Madje when she says they need to go to court?
(a) He says she should go without him.
(b) He says he cannot go.
(c) He says he can be ready in ten minutes.
(d) He says he is not feeling well.

9. Who in The God of Vengeance finds the cast guilty of presenting an indecent, obscene, and immoral play, exhibition, and drama?
(a) The People of the Borough of Manhattan.
(b) The People of the State of New Jersey.
(c) The People of the United States of America.
(d) The People of the State of New York.

10. Who does Virginia want to meet?
(a) The director.
(b) Reina.
(c) The producer.
(d) The playwright.

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

12. Beginning of Act Three starts onstage with Sarah speaking about how what person is opening her own whorehouse with Rifkele as the prostitute?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Freida.
(c) Manke.
(d) Elsa.

13. What do Madje and Sholem decide it is best for him to do?
(a) Stay at home and for the two of them to attend opening night of his play.
(b) Vacation up in the Catskills.
(c) Speak to a therapist.
(d) Stay at home in bed.

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

15. 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 checks in with Virginia to make sure she is comfortable with the embrace.
(c) She tells her to practice the love scene with someone else first.
(d) She refuses to do the love scene with Virginia.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In The Curtain Falls, how does Virginia change the blocking?

3. How does the audience know that Lemml speaks German as a second language?

4. What is Sholem's response when Madje asks if they will stop the show because of the content of the show?

5. Why does Sholem want to change the way gentiles see Jews?

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