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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 is Lemml related?
(a) He is Nakhmen's nephew.
(b) He is Madje's nephew.
(c) He is Sholem's brother.
(d) He is Mr. Peretz's son.

2. How is the troupe first noticed by the audience?
(a) The troupe sings in Yiddish from the wings.
(b) The troupe introduces themselves.
(c) The troupe performs a kickline.
(d) The troupe stand up, covered in dust.

3. How does Madje feel about the response Sholem will get from the men at the salon?
(a) She is prepared to be angry with the men at the salon.
(b) She is unsure what they will think.
(c) She is nervous things will not go well.
(d) She is confident they will love it.

4. What is Madje's first response to Sholem's play?
(a) Chas v'shalom.
(b) Wow.
(c) What is this trash?
(d) Oh.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the obscenity trial take place?

2. Nakhmen says this play is written by a Jew who hates who?

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

4. What love scene is shocking to the men?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the language used in the play.

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

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

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

8. Sholem compares himself to one of the prostitutes in his play. When and why does he do this?

9. When and why was The God of Vengeance put on trial?

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

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