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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. Who co-commissioned Indecent?
(a) Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Yale Repertory Theatre.
(b) American Players Theater and Waterville Playshop.
(c) Stratford Theater Festival and Goodman Theatre.
(d) Ogunquit Playhouse and American Repertory Theater.

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

3. What type of plays do the men at the salon want, regarding the Jewish people?
(a) Plays that show the innocence of the Jewish people.
(b) Plays that tell Jewish tall tales.
(c) Plays that put fear into the hearts of gentiles.
(d) Plays that represent the Jewish people as valiant and heroic.

4. In what languages are scene titles and translations projected throughout Indecent?
(a) English and Yiddish.
(b) English and French.
(c) Spanish and Chinese.
(d) German and Yiddish.

5. Who does Sholem address at the end of this section?
(a) Peretz.
(b) Madje.
(c) Nahkmen.
(d) Lemml.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the troupe first noticed by the audience?

2. What is Sholem's response when Peretz says now is not the time to stir up anti-Semitism?

3. Indecent had its New York premiere where?

4. Why does Nakhmen groan as they prepare to read Sholem's play?

5. Why does the playwright have some characters speak in perfect English and others with dialects?

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