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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. When was Indecent's New York premiere?
(a) April 27, 2016.
(b) April 27, 2011.
(c) April 27, 2018.
(d) April 27, 2012.
2. Indecent had its Broadway debut at what theatre?
(a) The Richard Rodgers Theatre.
(b) The Cort Theatre.
(c) The Lyceum Theatre.
(d) The Public Theatre.
3. To whom is Lemml related?
(a) He is Mr. Peretz's son.
(b) He is Nakhmen's nephew.
(c) He is Sholem's brother.
(d) He is Madje's nephew.
4. How long did it take the women to create a rough draft of Indecent?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 1 week.
5. Indecent had its New York premiere where?
(a) The Stanley Theatre.
(b) The Landmark Theatre.
(c) Eastman Theatre.
(d) The Vineyard Theatre.
Short Answer Questions
1. How is the troupe first noticed by the audience?
2. Who does Sholem address at the end of this section?
3. 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?
4. How does Sholem's play end?
5. Where does Sholem say he will take his stones?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where and when did Indecent premiere?
2. Why might it be important that Nakhmen state that his nephew, Lemml, has never seen a play?
3. What was Paula Vogel‘s reaction when she first read The God of Vengeance while at Cornell University?
4. How is Madje’s line, “Teach me. Take me. I want to taste you” significant?
5. Did Vogel end up including the trial in the play? Why or why not?
6. What is done with the Torah scroll near the end of the reading of Sholem's play?
7. How do the men in the salon react to Rifkele and Manke’s embrace? Why?
8. Sholem compares himself to one of the prostitutes in his play. When and why does he do this?
9. How do Madje and Sholem respond differently to the future of Sholem’s play in the beginning of the play?
10. What do most of the men believe is the role of Jewish theater?
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