Survey - Do You Know Your Yiddish Theater? - YIVO Institute for Jewish Research

How well do you really know Yiddish theater? Take the quiz to find out.

Question - Not Required - Which of these isn't a play title?

A Working Girl's Wrongs

The Coquettish Ladies

The Unfaithful Wife

Three Brides for Yankl

Question - Not Required - Where did the first Yiddish performance take place?

In a theater

In a wine garden

In a cellar

In a firehall

Question - Not Required - Which of these famous American Actors got their start on the Yiddish Stage?

Paul Muni

Stella Adler

Molly Picon

Fyvush Finkel

All of the above

Question - Not Required - 'Der marshlik,' 'der leyts,' 'der nar,' 'der lustik makher,' and 'der katoves-trayber' are all names for...

'Badkhn'

Town fool

Water carrier

Cantor

Question - Not Required - The 1,700 seat Grand Street Theater, the first theater in America built specifically for Yiddish productions, opened in...

1911

1882

1903

1926

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