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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. How is the troupe described prior to the list of characters?

2. What is the first thing that Lemml does?

3. Vogel had read The God of Vengeance while a student at what university?

4. How does Lemml react to the love scene the men are reading?

5. Indecent had its Broadway debut at what theatre?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was Paula Vogel‘s reaction when she first read The God of Vengeance while at Cornell University?

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

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

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

6. At the end of the reading of Sholem’s play, how do the responses of the men and Lemml differ?

7. How does this section end?

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

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 2

Some characters in this play are enamored with Sholem Asch and his play. Who are these characters? What about Asch and/or his play draws such admiration from these characters? How does the reactions of others contrast this? How are these very opposite attitudes towards Asch and his play reflected in the audiences who attend the performances?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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