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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Freida says she is not sure about how to play a Jew, and Elsa says she is Jewish. What does Freida say?
(a) It is too bad Elsa is Jewish.
(b) Elsa should convert to Christianity and hide her identity.
(c) They are German first and foremost.
(d) She wishes she were actually Jewish.

2. 1908, Berlin: The Deutches Theatre Elsa Heimes and Freida Niemann begins with Freida and Elsa, speaking in German, about the play they will both be in and will be what?
(a) Lovers.
(b) Friends.
(c) Sisters.
(d) Neighbors.

3. When Sholem tells Madje he is headed backstage to find the producer, what does he tell her to do?
(a) Try to avoid the attention of the police.
(b) Find Lemml.
(c) Go back home.
(d) Try to look like she is enjoying the show.

4. How does O’Neill feel towards Asch?
(a) He is frustrated with him.
(b) He is angry with him.
(c) He is concerned about him.
(d) He admires him.

5. In 1923: Opening Night on Broadway, Intermission, how do Sholem and Madje react to the changes in the script?
(a) They are in shock.
(b) They are annoyed.
(c) They are thrilled.
(d) They are surprised.

6. In 1920, Ellis Island: An Impossibly Long Line, the troupe is lined up where?
(a) Pennsylvania Station.
(b) On a boat in New York harbor.
(c) At the base of the Statue of Liberty.
(d) In the Great Hall on Ellis Island.

7. What happens between Dorothee and Reina, after Dorothee is released from jail?
(a) Reina rejoins the cast.
(b) They begin to argue and end their relationship.
(c) They decide to meet for dinner that evening to reevaluate the relationship.
(d) They reunite, and Dorothee goes home with Reina.

8. 1911, St. Petersburg is a repeat of the last few lines of the play, minus what?
(a) The lines about knowing how to make money.
(b) The lines about dragging Rifkele back by her hair.
(c) The lines about the Torah.
(d) The line about sending Rifkele down into the whorehouse.

9. In 1908, Berlin: Opening Night, The Last Moments of the Play, Yekel speaks what lines?
(a) Lines of love towards his wife and daughter.
(b) The last lines of the play, as heard previously in Mr. Peretz’s salon.
(c) Lines the audience has not heard before.
(d) Lines in Yiddish.

10. What is the name of the bar in which Lemml spends time with a drunk Eugene O’Neill?
(a) The Stonewall Inn.
(b) The West Village Retreat.
(c) The Carriage House.
(d) The Hell Hole.

11. For how long has Lemml known they were going to fire Reina?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) 2 minutes.

12. What is Sholem's response to Madje when she says they need to go to court?
(a) He says he cannot go.
(b) He says he can be ready in ten minutes.
(c) He says she should go without him.
(d) He says he is not feeling well.

13. Why does Asch feel grateful to Lemml?
(a) He was the first to support him and his play;
(b) He helped him bring the troupe to America.
(c) He had the script translated into English.
(d) He paid for severs of the cast members’ visas.

14. What is Sholem's response when Madje asks if they will stop the show because of the content of the show?
(a) They will stop the show because they are "polack kikes" on Broadway.
(b) Yes, they will stop the show because of the content.
(c) They will stop the show because the producer cannot make the theatre rent payment.
(d) No, they will not stop the show.

15. Why does Schildkraut fire Reina?
(a) Her English is not good enough.
(b) She has missed too many rehearsals.
(c) She is difficult to work with.
(d) She has been stealing from the production funds.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1922, New York City: Rehearsal for the English Transfer, what is taking place between Dorothee and Reina?

2. Why is Eugene O’Neill not able to testify for the cast?

3. Why has the rain scene been removed from the Broadway script?

4. What do Madje and Sholem decide it is best for him to do?

5. Who does Virginia want to meet?

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