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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. Why has the rain scene been removed from the Broadway script?
(a) It has been decided that the uptown crowd can handle a brothel but not lesbian love.
(b) The actresses decided they were not comfortable with the scene.
(c) The cost of having it rain on stage was too high.
(d) It was illegal to have homosexuality on the stage.

2. Who does Silverman blame for the Jewish underground prostitution ring?
(a) The women who sell themselves.
(b) The men who earn a living off the sweat of the women who work for them.
(c) World governments.
(d) The community who supports these acts.

3. Lemml has been told he needs to change his name to something more American. To what does he change it?
(a) Lenny.
(b) Lou.
(c) Lewis.
(d) Lennon.

4. In 1920, Ellis Island: An Impossibly Long Line, the troupe is lined up where?
(a) In the Great Hall on Ellis Island.
(b) At the base of the Statue of Liberty.
(c) On a boat in New York harbor.
(d) Pennsylvania Station.

5. Why is Eugene O’Neill not able to testify for the cast?
(a) The court dismissed all the defense witnesses.
(b) He cannot testify for the changes that were made and The God of Vengeance.
(c) He decided he was too nervous to speak up in court.
(d) He is feeling under the weather.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does O’Neill feel towards Asch?

2. In Sholem Asch Shows Lemml America, what does Asch show Lemml?

3. 1911, St. Petersburg is a repeat of the last few lines of the play, minus what?

4. As the troupe sings a song that ends with a kickline, they begin dressed as what?

5. Why does Schildkraut fire Reina?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Sholem Asch Shows Lemml America, what does the troupe do, as an ensemble?

2. How does Freida respond when Lemml calls Asch a genius? What is Lemml's response to her?

3. Why is the rain scene cut from the Broadway script?

4. What is the doctor's recommendation to Sholem?

5. What is the reason Eugene O'Neill gives for why the play is such a problem for the authorities?

6. What is Rabbi Silverman's beliefs regarding the underground Jewish prostitution ring?

7. What is Rabbi Silverman's response regarding plays like The God of Vengeance?

8. Why is Sholem seen by a doctor?

9. What is the role of Benjamin Baillie?

10. Why does Schildkraut fire Reina?

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