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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. To whom does Vogel NOT dedicate Indecent?
(a) Sholem Asch and his descendants.
(b) Vogel's immigrant ancestors.
(c) Rebecca Taichman’s immigrant ancestors.
(d) All of our immigrant ancestors.

2. When was The God of Vengeance written?
(a) 1906.
(b) 1905.
(c) 1923.
(d) 2009.

3. What language does Peretz say is their mother tongue?
(a) Polish.
(b) German.
(c) Russian.
(d) Yiddish.

4. Where does Indecent take place?
(a) In an attic in Poland.
(b) Warsaw in 1906, Bridgeport, Connecticut in the 1950s and everywhere in between.
(c) A few cities in Europe and America in the 20th century.
(d) Europe in 1906 and the 1920s and America in the 1950s.

5. What does Vogel distinctly remember about The God of Vengeance?
(a) It had a love scene between the two women and was written by a newly married man.
(b) It was written in 1906 by a Jewish man.
(c) It was on Broadway.
(d) It first toured Europe before coming to America.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is Lemml related?

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

3. What is the first thing that Lemml does?

4. How did Vogel finish up her days?

5. Why were readings and workshops able to begin for Indecent?

Short Essay Questions

1. Did Vogel end up including the trial in the play? Why or why not?

2. What do most of the men believe is the role of Jewish theater?

3. How does the director stage the opening scene to show that the troupe is dead?

4. Where does Indecent take place?

5. Why might it be important that Nakhmen state that his nephew, Lemml, has never seen a play?

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

7. What was Paula Vogel‘s reaction when she first read The God of Vengeance while at Cornell University?

8. Describe the language used in the play.

9. How is Madje’s line, “Teach me. Take me. I want to taste you” significant?

10. What does Vogel say she did when other projects came along?

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