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

2. What did Vogel do when other projects came along, whiles she was working on Indecent?
(a) She would switch back and forth between other projects and Indecent.
(b) She agreed to assist with other projects but not do them solely on her own.
(c) She pause Indecent to work on other projects.
(d) She pushed them off.

3. Who does Sholem address at the end of this section?
(a) Lemml.
(b) Peretz.
(c) Nahkmen.
(d) Madje.

4. How does Indecent begin?
(a) There is a solo clarinet and a Lemml in a spotlight.
(b) The lights go up on the stage and soft music is being played, while a figure, covered in dust, stretches and pours sawdust out of his sleeves.
(c) There are bright search lights and loud music, with heavy boots being heard on steps.
(d) There is darkness and the sound of crying.

5. What is the line that Madje says that is later used in the play and is read later on in this section in the salon reading?
(a) Oy vey!
(b) The is such mishegas.
(c) Willkommen. Bienvenue. Welcome.
(d) Teach me. Take me. I want to taste you.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was The God of Vengeance written?

2. What does Peretz advise Sholem to do with his manuscript at the end of this section?

3. What is the first thing that Lemml does?

4. For every scene kept in Indecent, how many were thrown out?

5. How long did it take the women to create a rough draft of Indecent?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the language used in the play.

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does this section end?

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