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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years later was Indecent complete?
(a) 7 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 10 years.

2. Vogel says she wrote the scenes, and Taichman made them come alive. Which scenes does she specifically mention?
(a) The opening scene with the Asch's and the final scene as they prepare to leave.
(b) The various performances of The God of Vengeance.
(c) The arrival of Lemml in America and his return to Poland.
(d) The cast rising from the ashes at the beginning and the rain scene at the end.

3. What are the two locations in which Indecent had its world premiere?
(a) The Muny and Seattle Repertory Theatre.
(b) Arena Stage and Goodspeed Musicals.
(c) Hartford Stage and Indianapolis Repertory Theatre.
(d) Yale Repertory Theatre and La Jolla Playhouse.

4. The playwright adds a note that if the reader sees “/” that means what?
(a) The dialogue is meant to overlap.
(b) The dialogue is to be sung.
(c) The character may improvise.
(d) The character will speak in two languages.

5. Where does Sholem say he has always wanted to see?
(a) America.
(b) Warsaw.
(c) Paris.
(d) Berlin.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Indecent begin?

2. What type of plays do the men at the salon want, regarding the Jewish people?

3. Peretz says that if Sholem must throw stones, he should throw them where?

4. When did the obscenity trial take place?

5. How does Lemml react to the love scene the men are reading?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Vogel thank for bringing her life’s work to life?

2. How do the men in the salon react to Rifkele and Manke’s embrace? Why?

3. Describe the language used in the play.

4. At the end of the reading of Sholem’s play, how do the responses of the men and Lemml differ?

5. How does this section end?

6. How does the playwright early on show why the play is titled Indecent?

7. Why are many of the men upset and horrified by what Yekel does with the Torah scroll?

8. How do Madje and Sholem respond differently to the future of Sholem’s play in the beginning of the play?

9. When had Paula Vogel first heard about Rebecca Taichman?

10. Why had Rebecca Taichman reached out to Paula Vogel?

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