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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 does Lemml feel about working in the theatre as an assistant to the stage manager?

2. This section (1908, Berlin: A Cabaret) begins with the lights coming up on a cabaret in Berlin, as the troupe dances how?

3. What is Sholem's response to Madje when she says they need to go to court?

4. How does this 1923, On Broadway begin?

5. Who does Virginia want to meet?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the court's verdict?

4. Why is Sholem seen by a doctor?

5. How do both Madje and Sholem feel about his trip abroad to learn more about the pogroms?

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

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

8. In 1923: Opening Night on Broadway, Intermission, why are the Aschs shocked?

9. What is the role of Benjamin Baillie?

10. What is Rabbi Silverman's response regarding plays like The God of Vengeance?

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

Two weeks before its opening on Broadway, major changes are made in the script. Why? How is fear a part of these changes? How does the cast react? What does this reveal about them? Were these changes a good idea? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Dorothee admits to Reina that she would not have minded being jailed for a show she believed in. How does Dorothee feel about the Broadway production of The God of Vengeance? Why does she feel that way? If the play had been left as it was written, would there have been a different outcome regarding the obscenity trial? Why or why not? Should the play have been altered so drastically? Why or why not?

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