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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 cannot go.
(b) He says she should go without him.
(c) He says he can be ready in ten minutes.
(d) He says he is not feeling well.

2. In Opening Night at the Provincetown Playhouse: In the Wings how does Lemml respond to Virginia's first performance?
(a) He silently gives her a pat on the back.
(b) He congratulates her on a great performance so far.
(c) He gives her corrections.
(d) He ignores her.

3. In The Curtain Falls, how does Virginia change the blocking?
(a) She gives Dorothee a quick peck and hurries off the stage.
(b) She skips the love scene.
(c) She pulls away from Dorothee's embrace and nuzzles her neck.
(d) She becomes so passionate, Dorothee pulls away.

4. 1908, Berlin: The Deutches Theatre Elsa Heimes and Freida Niemann begins with Freida and Elsa, speaking in German, about the play they will both be in and will be what?
(a) Friends.
(b) Neighbors.
(c) Sisters.
(d) Lovers.

5. How does Staten Island: Sholem and Madje’s Home begin?
(a) With Madje arguing with Sholem.
(b) With Sholem slouching over his typewriter pretending to be hard at work.
(c) With Sholem reading out loud his newest play.
(d) With Lemml knocking on the Asch’s door.

6. How does the audience know that Lemml speaks German as a second language?
(a) There are subtitles used to explain his poor understanding of German.
(b) The girls tell him he should hire a German tutor.
(c) The girls laugh at him before he has time to speak.
(d) Based on his stuttering, stopping, and grammatical errors.

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

8. 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) Elsa should convert to Christianity and hide her identity.
(d) It is too bad Elsa is Jewish.

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

10. 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.

11. 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) Find Lemml.
(c) Go back home.
(d) Try to avoid the attention of the police.

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

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

14. In 1921, New York City: The Bowery Theatre, the lines that were spoken at previous theatres is now spoken in what language?
(a) Creole.
(b) English.
(c) Yiddish.
(d) German.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the troupe respond as Lemml speaks in poor German?

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

3. How does Schildkraut react to Esther's treatment of Virginia?

4. Why does Asch feel grateful to Lemml?

5. How much acting training does Virginia have?

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