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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. 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 first toured Europe before coming to America.
(c) It was written in 1906 by a Jewish man.
(d) It was on Broadway.

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

3. What kind of music begins to play at the beginning of Indecent?
(a) A waltz.
(b) Klezmer music.
(c) A violin solo.
(d) Big band music.

4. How did Vogel finish up her days?
(a) Listening to recordings of Isaac Perlman.
(b) Practicing yoga and deep breathing.
(c) Listening to Wiegela and weeping.
(d) Watching films on the Holocaust.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Sholem address at the end of this section?

3. How does Madje feel about the response Sholem will get from the men at the salon?

4. What was NOT included in the box of materials that Taichman unearthed at the start of the collaboration with Vogel?

5. When did the obscenity trial take place?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Describe the language used in the play.

7. How does this section end?

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

9. Where and when did Indecent premiere?

10. What did Vogel and Taichman do that led to a first draft in two weeks?

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