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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The God of Vengeance changed Vogel’s attitude and assumptions regarding what?

2. For every scene kept in Indecent, how many were thrown out?

3. What is the first thing that Lemml does?

4. What is Sholem's response when Nakhmen says he is representing the Jewish people as prostitutes and pimps?

5. What does Peretz tell Sholem will happen to him when the public gets ahold of this play?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Madje and Sholem respond differently to the future of Sholem’s play in the beginning of the play?

2. Did Vogel end up including the trial in the play? Why or why not?

3. How do the men in the salon react to Rifkele and Manke’s embrace? Why?

4. Where and when did Indecent premiere?

5. Who does Vogel thank for bringing her life’s work to life?

6. What does Vogel say she did when other projects came along?

7. How does this section end?

8. What do most of the men believe is the role of Jewish theater?

9. How does the playwright early on show why the play is titled Indecent?

10. When and why was The God of Vengeance put on trial?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout much of the play the same sections of The God of Vengeance is performed. Why might the playwright choose to repeat the dialogue? How does this repetition affect the reader or audience member? Does the reader’s or audience member’s attitude towards the characters or the play stay the same or change as the play Indecent unfolds? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

When Lemml arrives in Staten Island, he refuses to cross the Asch home shvel, or threshold. Why? How is a threshold important in other parts of the play? Why might the playwright choose to give such importance to a home’s threshold?

Essay Topic 3

The members of the troupe play multiple roles in the play, as well as form an ensemble/chorus. What is the purpose of the ensemble when it is not directly related to the scene taking place? How does the playwright also use song and dance to support the story? Does Vogel and the direction by Taichmann effectively use the ensemble to either help tell the story or give insight into the setting, characters, and/or plot? Why or why not?

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