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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In what languages are scene titles and translations projected throughout Indecent?

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

4. Where does Indecent take place?

5. When was Indecent's New York premiere?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Did Vogel end up including the trial in the play? Why or why not?

3. Where and when did Indecent premiere?

4. How does this section end?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Officer Bailie is instructed to allow The God of Vengeance performance to be completed before he arrests the cast. Why might this be? Why does he not arrest them earlier? Why is there a police presence and an arrest on Broadway but not in any previous American performances?

Essay Topic 2

Sholem Asch says that this play is part of his soul, while the men in the salon encourage him to write about things he knows. Why might Asch choose to write about lesbian romance between a virgin girl and a prostitute? How and why might this be important to him? What clues are given in the play to explain why this subject matter was so important to him that he needed to share it with the world?

Essay Topic 3

Dorothee admits to Reina that she would not have minded being jailed for a show she believed in. How does Dorothee feel about the Broadway production of The God of Vengeance? Why does she feel that way? If the play had been left as it was written, would there have been a different outcome regarding the obscenity trial? Why or why not? Should the play have been altered so drastically? Why or why not?

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