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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 analogy does O’Neill use to give Lemml advice to pass on to Asch?

2. The troupe suddenly goes into a rendition of what song about the rich getting rich and the poor being laid off but everyone is having fun anyway?

3. Silverman denounces this play and is happy that what has happened?

4. In 1908, Berlin: Opening Night, The Last Moments of the Play, Yekel speaks what lines?

5. Why are there a great deal of police in the theatre?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Schildkraut fire Reina?

3. What does Madje ask Sholem in this section about why the authorities might stop the show?

4. Who bails the cast out of jail?

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

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

7. What is the court's verdict?

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

9. What is the reason Eugene O'Neill gives for why the play is such a problem for the authorities?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Officer Bailie is instructed to allow The God of Vengeance performance to be completed before he arrests the cast. Why might this be? Why does he not arrest them earlier? Why is there a police presence and an arrest on Broadway but not in any previous American performances?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

In the preface Paula Vogel explains what led to her collaboration with Rebecca Taichman. What does she say about this collaboration? Why does she believe this was a collaboration of a lifetime? How does the information in the preface regarding this collaboration prepare the reader for the play ahead? What other information from the preface is important for the reader prior to reading the play?

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