This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Indecent: The True Story of a Little Jewish Play: From Ashes They Rise - The Last Moments of the Play.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Sholem have Peretz read the part of Yekel?
(a) Yekel is the only male character.
(b) Yekel is the first character to speak.
(c) Yekel is the protagonist and has the most lines.
(d) Yekel is strong and powerful, just like Peretz.

2. What does Peretz think this play will do, regarding anti-Semitism?
(a) It will end anti-Semitism.
(b) It will pour petrol on the flames of anti-Semitism.
(c) It will slow the spread of anti-Semitism.
(d) It might encourage anti-Semitism.

3. What does Peretz tell Sholem will happen to him when the public gets ahold of this play?
(a) He will be torn limb from limb.
(b) He will be rich and famous.
(c) He will be thrown into jail.
(d) He will be exhaulted.

4. What do the men think of the ending of the play?
(a) The men love the emotional quality at the end of the play.
(b) Lemml is uncomfortable with the treatment of the Torah, but the other men find it exhilarating.
(c) Lemmls finds this ending to be wonderful, while the other men are shocked at the desecration of the Torah.
(d) All of the men are horrified by the desecration of the Torah.

5. In the end, why did Vogel not use the obscenity trial itself?
(a) It was too emotional for Vogel to add into the play.
(b) It was too long and boring.
(c) It did not fit, and she could not make it fit.
(d) She had plans to create a second play focusing on the trial.