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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 does Sholem want to change the way gentiles see Jews?
(a) He is tired of the mistreatment he has received.
(b) He wishes he were a gentile.
(c) He has many gentile friends.
(d) He fears the pogroms of Europe are coming to America.

2. Who does Virginia want to meet?
(a) The producer.
(b) Reina.
(c) The director.
(d) The playwright.

3. How does the troupe respond as Lemml speaks in poor German?
(a) They become angry.
(b) They ignore him.
(c) They are annoyed.
(d) They laugh.

4. The judge says that, although theatre is not what, it should still reflect the moral values of the American people?
(a) As interesting as other art forms.
(b) As old as other art forms.
(c) The most refined art form.
(d) As popular as other art forms.

5. After a Night in Jail begins with who waiting outside the jail for the cast to be bailed out?
(a) Harry and Lemml.
(b) Reina and Virginia’s father.
(c) Reina and Lemml.
(d) Sholem and Madje.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the judge blame for the content of The God of Vengeance?

2. How does the audience know that Lemml speaks German as a second language?

3. Why are there a great deal of police in the theatre?

4. How does Staten Island: Sholem and Madje’s Home begin?

5. For how long has Lemml known they were going to fire Reina?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the role of Benjamin Baillie?

2. What is the court's verdict?

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

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

5. Why does Schildkraut fire Reina?

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

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

8. What are Freida's and Elsa's responses regarding being Jewish?

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

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

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