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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. How much acting training does Virginia have?
(a) Some.
(b) None.
(c) Very little in high school.
(d) A college degree in theatre performance.

2. In 1908, Berlin: Opening Night, The Last Moments of the Play, Yekel speaks what lines?
(a) Lines of love towards his wife and daughter.
(b) Lines in Yiddish.
(c) Lines the audience has not heard before.
(d) The last lines of the play, as heard previously in Mr. Peretz’s salon.

3. In Rabbi Silverman – A Sermon, Temple Emanu-El, Silverman is appalled at Asch’s play and says he expects to be abused by whom but not by a fellow Jew?
(a) So-called Christians.
(b) Muslim extremists.
(c) The American government.
(d) The Nazis.

4. Why does Asch feel grateful to Lemml?
(a) He had the script translated into English.
(b) He was the first to support him and his play;
(c) He paid for severs of the cast members’ visas.
(d) He helped him bring the troupe to America.

5. Why does Schildkraut fire Reina?
(a) She is difficult to work with.
(b) Her English is not good enough.
(c) She has missed too many rehearsals.
(d) She has been stealing from the production funds.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1908, Berlin: A Cabaret, Halina sings what song?

2. In 1923: A Doctor, A Diagnosis, why does Madje have Sholem seen by a doctor?

3. O’Neill believes that the court will claim that the problem with the show is what?

4. When Freida says she is not sure about how to play a Jew, and Elsa says she is Jewish. What does Freida say?

5. What is Sholem's response when Madje asks if they will stop the show because of the content of the show?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Sholem seen by a doctor?

2. What takes place in the play within the play in Beginning of Act Three?

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

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

5. What does Asch share with the cast regarding the creation of this play at the first full cast meeting?

6. What takes place in Cast and Producer Arrested for Obscenity?

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

8. How do both Madje and Sholem feel about his trip abroad to learn more about the pogroms?

9. What does Madje ask Sholem in this section about why the authorities might stop the show?

10. What upsets Reina the most about being fired?

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