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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1923, On Broadway - 1923, The Verdict: People of the State of New York vs. The God of Vengeance.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Sholem want to change the way gentiles see Jews?
(a) He wishes he were a gentile.
(b) He is tired of the mistreatment he has received.
(c) He fears the pogroms of Europe are coming to America.
(d) He has many gentile friends.

2. The Last Moments of the Play is a repeat of what?
(a) The lines of the end of the play that have been performed previously, but this time they are performed in Yiddish.
(b) The lines of the end of the play that have been performed previously.
(c) The lines of the play that has been performed previously minus the sending of Rivkele to the brothel.
(d) The first lines of the play.

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

4. For whom does Sholem want to write?
(a) The Jewish youth.
(b) The Jewish people.
(c) The poor.
(d) For everyone.

5. Where does Sholem say he will take his stones?
(a) To another tent.
(b) Outside the tent.
(c) To the gentiles.
(d) Back home.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the troupe respond as Lemml speaks in poor German?

2. What does Dorothee NOT ask Virginia regarding what will shock her parents more?

3. What does the producer say those who cannot handle script changes should do?

4. What is Sholem's response as the men hurl insults at him?

5. What was NOT included in the box of materials that Taichman unearthed at the start of the collaboration with Vogel?

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