Indecent Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Indecent Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Sholem's response when Nakhmen says he is representing the Jewish people as prostitutes and pimps?
(a) These characters are not prostitutes and pimps.
(b) These characters are more than just prostitutes and pimps.
(c) Yes, you are correct.
(d) Some of our people are prostitutes and pimps.

3. 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.

4. Why were readings and workshops able to begin for Indecent?
(a) Thanks to Vogel's writing team's fund.
(b) Thanks to Taichman's financial contributions.
(c) Thanks to government grants.
(d) Thanks to multiple non-profit organizations.

5. Where does Indecent take place?
(a) In an attic in Poland.
(b) Warsaw in 1906, Bridgeport, Connecticut in the 1950s and everywhere in between.
(c) Europe in 1906 and the 1920s and America in the 1950s.
(d) A few cities in Europe and America in the 20th century.

6. Why does the playwright have some characters speak in perfect English and others with dialects?
(a) To show who which characters are poor and which are wealthy.
(b) To show where the various characters are from in the U.S.
(c) To let the audience know more about the characters without changing languages.
(d) To represent the various dialects in the U.S.

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

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

9. How many years later was Indecent complete?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 7 years.

10. Peretz says that if Sholem must throw stones, he should throw them where?
(a) Outside the tent.
(b) At his own home.
(c) In his own yard.
(d) At the gentiles.

11. How does Madje feel about the response Sholem will get from the men at the salon?
(a) She is confident they will love it.
(b) She is prepared to be angry with the men at the salon.
(c) She is unsure what they will think.
(d) She is nervous things will not go well.

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

13. To whom does Vogel NOT dedicate Indecent?
(a) Vogel's immigrant ancestors.
(b) All of our immigrant ancestors.
(c) Rebecca Taichman’s immigrant ancestors.
(d) Sholem Asch and his descendants.

14. What kind of music begins to play at the beginning of Indecent?
(a) Klezmer music.
(b) Big band music.
(c) A waltz.
(d) A violin solo.

15. When did the obscenity trial take place?
(a) 1906.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1923.
(d) 1929.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vogel say about the collaboration with Taichman?

2. Indecent had its Broadway debut at what theatre?

3. When was The God of Vengeance written?

4. How is the troupe described prior to the list of characters?

5. What does Peretz tell Sholem will happen to him when the public gets ahold of this play?

(see the answer keys)

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