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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1938, Staten Island: Sholem Asch in his Study - 1952, Bridgeport, Connecticut: Moving Day, Sholem and Madje Asch's House.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What language does Peretz say is their mother tongue?
(a) Polish.
(b) German.
(c) Russian.
(d) Yiddish.

2. What is Madje's first response to Sholem's play?
(a) What is this trash?
(b) Oh.
(c) Wow.
(d) Chas v'shalom.

3. The God of Vengeance changed Vogel’s attitude and assumptions regarding what?
(a) The Holocaust.
(b) Homosexuality.
(c) Young married men.
(d) Empathy and gender roles.

4. In Sholem Asch Shows Lemml America, what does Asch show Lemml?
(a) The Lower East Side.
(b) The New York harbor.
(c) The Empire State Building.
(d) The Brooklyn Bridge.

5. What do Madje and Sholem decide it is best for him to do?
(a) Stay at home in bed.
(b) Vacation up in the Catskills.
(c) Stay at home and for the two of them to attend opening night of his play.
(d) Speak to a therapist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Peretz advise Sholem to do with his manuscript at the end of this section?

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

3. When Mrs. Peretz enters, for what is the excitement in the house not good?

4. Where does Sholem say he will take his stones?

5. To what does Asch admit?

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