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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 does Yekel do with the Torah scroll instead of throwing it on the ground?

2. In Officer Bailie Enters the Wings, the show is coming to an end, and Officer Bailie asks Asch to have the cast do what?

3. What does Sholem decide to do to defend his play in court?

4. Who does Silverman blame for the Jewish underground prostitution ring?

5. In Opening Night at the Provincetown Playhouse: In the Wings how does Lemml respond to Virginia's first performance?

Short Essay Questions

1. What takes place in Cast and Producer Arrested for Obscenity?

2. What does Asch share with the cast regarding the creation of this play at the first full cast meeting?

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

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

5. What is the doctor's recommendation to Sholem?

6. Who bails the cast out of jail?

7. What is the role of Benjamin Baillie?

8. Why does Schildkraut fire Reina?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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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