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

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

3. When Sholem tells Madje he is headed backstage to find the producer, what does he tell her to do?
(a) Try to look like she is enjoying the show.
(b) Try to avoid the attention of the police.
(c) Find Lemml.
(d) Go back home.

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

5. 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) Gracefully.
(c) Erotically.
(d) Nervously.

6. 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?
(a) The American government.
(b) Muslim extremists.
(c) So-called Christians.
(d) The Nazis.

7. What are the real names of Reina and Dorothee?
(a) Ruth and Deine.
(b) Rivka and Doba.
(c) Risa and Dovi.
(d) Rochel and Devora.

8. What does Asch admit to the cast at their first meeting?
(a) This is his first play in German.
(b) This is his last play.
(c) He hates writing plays.
(d) This is his first play.

9. When Virginia says that she cannot breathe when she looks at Dorothee, how does Lemml respond?
(a) He says that she must feel what Rifkele feels.
(b) He tells her she should see a doctor.
(c) He says that she should try to calm down.
(d) He tells her that there must be something wrong with her.

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

11. What does Yekel do with the Torah scroll instead of throwing it on the ground?
(a) He holds it in the air.
(b) He tears it up.
(c) He hugs it to his chest.
(d) He lights it on fire.

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

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

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

15. 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 playing a Jewish girl.
(d) She is in a Jewish company.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Freida says she is not sure about how to play a Jew, and Elsa says she is Jewish. What does Freida say?

2. 1923, On Broadway lists what?

3. How does Lemml feel about working in the theatre as an assistant to the stage manager?

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

5. Silverman denounces this play and is happy that what has happened?

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