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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Sholem have Peretz read the part of Yekel?
(a) Yekel is the only male character.
(b) Yekel is the protagonist and has the most lines.
(c) Yekel is strong and powerful, just like Peretz.
(d) Yekel is the first character to speak.

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

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

5. What are the two locations in which Indecent had its world premiere?
(a) Hartford Stage and Indianapolis Repertory Theatre.
(b) The Muny and Seattle Repertory Theatre.
(c) Arena Stage and Goodspeed Musicals.
(d) Yale Repertory Theatre and La Jolla Playhouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Describe the set.

2. Vogel says she wrote the scenes, and Taichman made them come alive. Which scenes does she specifically mention?

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

4. How did Vogel finish up her days?

5. In what languages do the actors speak at the beginning of the play?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Madje and Sholem respond differently to the future of Sholem’s play in the beginning of the play?

2. At the end of the reading of Sholem’s play, how do the responses of the men and Lemml differ?

3. What do most of the men believe is the role of Jewish theater?

4. Who does Vogel thank for bringing her life’s work to life?

5. Why might it be important that Nakhmen state that his nephew, Lemml, has never seen a play?

6. How do the men in the salon react to Rifkele and Manke’s embrace? Why?

7. How does the playwright early on show why the play is titled Indecent?

8. When and why was The God of Vengeance put on trial?

9. How does this section end?

10. What important resources beyond the original play, trial information, and Taichman’s thesis was used to inspire Vogel?

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