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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 Taichman's financial contributions.
(c) Thanks to Vogel's writing team's fund.
(d) Thanks to government grants.

2. Who does Sholem address at the end of this section?
(a) Nahkmen.
(b) Peretz.
(c) Madje.
(d) Lemml.

3. Why does the playwright have some characters speak in perfect English and others with dialects?
(a) To represent the various dialects in the U.S.
(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 show who which characters are poor and which are wealthy.

4. About what does Peretz think Sholem should write?
(a) What he loves.
(b) What the people are comfortable with.
(c) What honors the Jewish people.
(d) What he knows.

5. Where did Vogel and Taichmann first begin to work on Indecent?
(a) In a local coffee shop.
(b) In a shared cabin.
(c) In Vogel's home.
(d) In Taichman's office.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Vogel first hear about Taichman?

2. How does Sholem feel every time he meets with Mr. Peretz?

3. What is Sholem's response when Peretz says now is not the time to stir up anti-Semitism?

4. Who co-commissioned Indecent?

5. What is Madje's first response to Sholem's play?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why had Rebecca Taichman reached out to Paula Vogel?

2. What is done with the Torah scroll near the end of the reading of Sholem's play?

3. Sholem compares himself to one of the prostitutes in his play. When and why does he do this?

4. Describe the language used in the play.

5. What was Paula Vogel‘s reaction when she first read The God of Vengeance while at Cornell University?

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

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

8. When had Paula Vogel first heard about Rebecca Taichman?

9. How does this section end?

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

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