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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 is the troupe described prior to the list of characters?
(a) The Dusty Troupe.
(b) The Jewish Troupe.
(c) The Old Troupe.
(d) The Dead Troupe.

2. In what languages are scene titles and translations projected throughout Indecent?
(a) English and French.
(b) Spanish and Chinese.
(c) English and Yiddish.
(d) German and Yiddish.

3. How does Lemml react to the love scene the men are reading?
(a) He becomes quieter and more reserved.
(b) He leaves the room.
(c) He becomes a more enthusiastic reader.
(d) He turns bright red and begins to stutter.

4. Indecent had its New York premiere where?
(a) The Stanley Theatre.
(b) Eastman Theatre.
(c) The Vineyard Theatre.
(d) The Landmark Theatre.

5. Why does the playwright have some characters speak in perfect English and others with dialects?
(a) To let the audience know more about the characters without changing languages.
(b) To represent the various dialects in the U.S.
(c) To show where the various characters are from in the U.S.
(d) To show who which characters are poor and which are wealthy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years later was Indecent complete?

2. When was Indecent's Broadway premiere?

3. In what languages do the actors speak at the beginning of the play?

4. When does Paula Vogel receive a call from Rebecca Taichman?

5. In the end, why did Vogel not use the obscenity trial itself?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is done with the Torah scroll near the end of the reading of Sholem's play?

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

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

10. Where and when did Indecent premiere?

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