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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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) Sholem and Madje.
(d) Reina and Virginia’s father.

4. 1911, St. Petersburg is a repeat of the last few lines of the play, minus what?
(a) The lines about dragging Rifkele back by her hair.
(b) The lines about knowing how to make money.
(c) The lines about the Torah.
(d) The line about sending Rifkele down into the whorehouse.

5. How does O’Neill feel about Asch giving up the theatre?
(a) Sad for him.
(b) Angry with him.
(c) Happy for him.
(d) Worried about him.

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

7. In 1923: Opening Night on Broadway, Intermission, how do Sholem and Madje react to the changes in the script?
(a) They are surprised.
(b) They are in shock.
(c) They are thrilled.
(d) They are annoyed.

8. 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 tells her that there must be something wrong with her.
(d) He says that she should try to calm down.

9. 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 ignores her.
(c) He gives her corrections.
(d) He congratulates her on a great performance so far.

10. Who does Silverman blame for the Jewish underground prostitution ring?
(a) World governments.
(b) The men who earn a living off the sweat of the women who work for them.
(c) The women who sell themselves.
(d) The community who supports these acts.

11. 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 York.
(c) The People of the United States of America.
(d) The People of the State of New Jersey.

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

13. In 1923: A Doctor, A Diagnosis, why does Madje have Sholem seen by a doctor?
(a) He has been having severe migraines.
(b) He has not been sleeping well.
(c) He has a chronic cough.
(d) He has been having heart palpitations.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the love scene between Manke and Rifkele, what does Dorothee do, regarding the newly-cast Virginia?

2. What is Sholem's response to Madje when she says they need to go to court?

3. The troupe suddenly goes into a rendition of what song about the rich getting rich and the poor being laid off but everyone is having fun anyway?

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

5. How does Staten Island: Sholem and Madje’s Home begin?

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