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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. In Full Company Meeting: The Provincetown Playhouse, how does the cast respond when they learn that the Broadway production will not include the romantic rain scene at the end of the play?
(a) They are nervous.
(b) They are appalled.
(c) They are relieved.
(d) They are not surprised.

2. Why is Sholem agitated and troubled?
(a) He is worried about his play.
(b) His trip to Europe to learn more about the pogroms.
(c) He has been drinking too much coffee.
(d) He is concerned for the safety of his daughter in London.

3. 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 cost of having it rain on stage was too high.
(c) It was illegal to have homosexuality on the stage.
(d) The actresses decided they were not comfortable with the scene.

4. In the love scene between Manke and Rifkele, what does Dorothee do, regarding the newly-cast Virginia?
(a) She tells her to practice the love scene with someone else first.
(b) She checks in with Virginia to make sure she is comfortable with the embrace.
(c) She refuses to do the love scene with Virginia.
(d) She forces her to do the love scene.

5. Silverman denounces this play and is happy that what has happened?
(a) The playwright has been arrested.
(b) The cast has been arrested.
(c) The cast has been sent back to Europe.
(d) The script has been changed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lemml has been told he needs to change his name to something more American. To what does he change it?

2. What does the doctor NOT recommend for Sholem?

3. How has Sholem been affected by the pogroms in Europe?

4. Why is Eugene O’Neill not able to testify for the cast?

5. The troupe suddenly goes into a rendition of what song about the rich getting rich and the poor being laid off but everyone is having fun anyway?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Schildkraut fire Reina?

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

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

7. Why is Sholem seen by a doctor?

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

9. Who bails the cast out of jail?

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

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