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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 does Asch admit to the cast at their first meeting?
(a) This is his first play in German.
(b) This is his first play.
(c) He hates writing plays.
(d) This is his last play.

2. As the troupe sings a song that ends with a kickline, they begin dressed as what?
(a) Hippies.
(b) Hasidim.
(c) Businessmen.
(d) Gypsies.

3. 1908, Berlin: The Deutches Theatre Elsa Heimes and Freida Niemann begins with Freida and Elsa, speaking in German, about the play they will both be in and will be what?
(a) Neighbors.
(b) Lovers.
(c) Friends.
(d) Sisters.

4. Who does the judge blame for the content of The God of Vengeance?
(a) The Jews.
(b) The East.
(c) The poor.
(d) Those from downtown.

5. This section (1908, Berlin: A Cabaret) begins with the lights coming up on a cabaret in Berlin, as the troupe dances how?
(a) Erotically.
(b) Gracefully.
(c) Nervously.
(d) Quickly.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Yekel do with the Torah scroll instead of throwing it on the ground?

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

4. How does Esther treat the newly-cast Virginia?

5. How much acting training does Virginia have?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Rabbi Silverman's response to the cast being arrested?

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

6. What is the response to Virginia's acting?

7. What is the court's verdict?

8. What is the role of Benjamin Baillie?

9. What do Madje and Sholem decide is best for his health?

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

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