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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 does Rabbi Silverman say in Cast and Producer Arrested for Obscenity?

2. Who does Virginia want to meet?

3. When Virginia says that she cannot breathe when she looks at Dorothee, how does Lemml respond?

4. What is the name of the bar in which Lemml spends time with a drunk Eugene O’Neill?

5. How does Schildkraut react to Esther's treatment of Virginia?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Freida respond when Lemml calls Asch a genius? What is Lemml's response to her?

2. Who bails the cast out of jail?

3. What is Rabbi Silverman's response to the cast being arrested?

4. Why is the rain scene cut from the Broadway script?

5. What is the response to Virginia's acting?

6. In 1923: Opening Night on Broadway, Intermission, why are the Aschs shocked?

7. What is the reason Eugene O'Neill gives for why the play is such a problem for the authorities?

8. Why does Schildkraut fire Reina?

9. What takes place in the play within the play in Beginning of Act Three?

10. Why is Sholem seen by a doctor?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Throughout much of the play the same sections of The God of Vengeance is performed. Why might the playwright choose to repeat the dialogue? How does this repetition affect the reader or audience member? Does the reader’s or audience member’s attitude towards the characters or the play stay the same or change as the play Indecent unfolds? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

After being bailed from jail, Esther reflects on the perfect English of the prostitutes she encountered. What does she say? What does her response reveal about her? How is her comment about the prostitutes reflective of other characters throughout this play?

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