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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. Vogel says she wrote the scenes, and Taichman made them come alive. Which scenes does she specifically mention?
(a) The cast rising from the ashes at the beginning and the rain scene at the end.
(b) The opening scene with the Asch's and the final scene as they prepare to leave.
(c) The arrival of Lemml in America and his return to Poland.
(d) The various performances of The God of Vengeance.

2. What does Madje wish Sholem had never done?
(a) Written The God of Vengeance.
(b) Brought them to America.
(c) Changed his script to appease his producer.
(d) Gone to Vilna and learned about the pogroms.

3. How does Sholem feel every time he meets with Mr. Peretz?
(a) Like one of the prostitutes in his play.
(b) Comfortable and welcome.
(c) Anxious and worried.
(d) Very happy and excited.

4. 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.

5. As Vogel wrote the play, what does she say she began to feel regarding the story?
(a) She began to worry if this was the right story to write.
(b) She began to feel hatred towards those who hurt the people in this story.
(c) She soon grew tired of the story and its characters.
(d) She fell in love with this world until her obsession matched her director’s.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years later was Indecent complete?

2. What type of plays do the men at the salon want, regarding the Jewish people?

3. In Officer Bailie Enters the Wings, the show is coming to an end, and Officer Bailie asks Asch to have the cast do what?

4. In Rabbi Silverman – A Sermon, Temple Emanu-El, Silverman is appalled at Asch’s play and says he expects to be abused by whom but not by a fellow Jew?

5. How does the audience know that Lemml speaks German as a second language?

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