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

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

3. What love scene is shocking to the men?
(a) The one between Yekel and Sarah.
(b) The one between Yekel and Manke.
(c) The one between Sholem and Madje.
(d) The one between Rifkele and Manke.

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

5. Where does Sholem say he has always wanted to see?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Warsaw.
(c) America.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Indecent begin?

2. What is the line that Madje says that is later used in the play and is read later on in this section in the salon reading?

3. When does Paula Vogel receive a call from Rebecca Taichman?

4. Who wrote the play, The God of Vengeance?

5. When did the obscenity trial take place?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Vogel say she did when other projects came along?

3. What did Vogel and Taichman do that led to a first draft in two weeks?

4. Where does Indecent take place?

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

6. Where and when did Indecent premiere?

7. How does this section end?

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

9. How is Madje’s line, “Teach me. Take me. I want to taste you” significant?

10. Describe the language used in the play.

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