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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. What is the first thing that Lemml does?

2. What language does Peretz say is their mother tongue?

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

4. Who co-commissioned Indecent?

5. When was Indecent's first world premieres?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Madje’s line, “Teach me. Take me. I want to taste you” significant?

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

4. When had Paula Vogel first heard about Rebecca Taichman?

5. What is done with the Torah scroll near the end of the reading of Sholem's play?

6. What important resources beyond the original play, trial information, and Taichman’s thesis was used to inspire Vogel?

7. Why are many of the men upset and horrified by what Yekel does with the Torah scroll?

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

9. Where does Indecent take place?

10. Why had Rebecca Taichman reached out to Paula Vogel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

After The God of Vengeance was put on trial, it was decided that it was an obscene play. Why? What are the problems with the play, according to the ruling? How does this ruling reveal prejudice towards some and a view of others as if through rose-colored glasses?

Essay Topic 2

In the Characters section of the book, it says The Dead Troupe. What might be the meaning of this? Why might the playwright have said they were dead? How is this significant? Does the shaking off of dust at the beginning of the play adequately signify the troupe is dead? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Vogel gives information regarding the production history of Indecent. Why is this information included? What does this say about Vogel that it was important to include this information prior to the play? The Production History reveals that there were very few changes in the cast throughout the process of bringing this play to Broadway. Why might this be? What might this say about the casting of the play and the relationships between those involved?

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