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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many members of the Tectonic Theater Project traveled to Laramie, Wyoming, along with Moisés Kaufman to collect interviews?
(a) 9
(b) 2
(c) 12
(d) 4

2. James Byrd, Jr. was murdered by three men who asserted to be what?
(a) White supremacists
(b) College educated
(c) Peace activists
(d) Policemen

3. Who developed the original music for the premiere production of The Laramie Project?
(a) Harry Woods
(b) Peter Golub
(c) Doug Laws
(d) Stephen Belber

4. Who is described as the head of the theater department at the University of Wyoming in Act 1?
(a) Philip Dubois
(b) Marge Murray
(c) Bill McKinney
(d) Rebecca Hilliker

5. What sect leader was killed in the Waco siege?
(a) David Koresh
(b) Charles Manson
(c) Robert Edwards
(d) Jim Jones

6. What Laramie resident claims to have moved to Laramie from rural Texas in Act 1?
(a) Catherine Connolly
(b) Stephen Belber
(c) Zackie Salmon
(d) Matt Galloway

7. In the author’s note about the text, he claims that “When writing this play, we used a technique I developed called” what?
(a) Thought work
(b) Truth work
(c) Moment work
(d) Reflection work

8. At what theater did The Laramie Project first perform in New York?
(a) The Al Hirschfield Theatre
(b) The Union Square Theatre
(c) The Ethel Barrymore Theatre
(d) The St. James Theatre

9. According to the author in the Introduction, every project Tectonic Theater Project undertakes as a company has two objectives. What is the first?
(a) To examine the subject matter at hand
(b) To explain current events
(c) To expose political and religious viewpoints
(d) To explore theatrical language and form

10. What is Matthew Shepard’s father’s name?
(a) Roger Shepard
(b) James Shepard
(c) Mark Shepard
(d) Dennis Shepard

11. Where does April Silva say she grew up in Act 1?
(a) Cody, Wyoming
(b) Boise, Idaho
(c) Tacoma, Washington
(d) Minot, North Dakota

12. Who did the waitress Debbie introduce herself to at a local inn in Act 1?
(a) Matt Mickelson
(b) Matt Galloway
(c) Tiffany Edwards
(d) Leigh Fondakowski

13. When was Oscar Wilde born?
(a) 1912
(b) 1829
(c) 1854
(d) 1897

14. What is the name of Matthew Shepard’s younger brother?
(a) Oscar Shepard
(b) William Shepard
(c) Caleb Shepard
(d) Logan Shepard

15. Where was Oscar Wilde born?
(a) Dublin, Ireland
(b) Paris, France
(c) Sydney, Australia
(d) Warsaw, Poland

Short Answer Questions

1. Bertolt Brecht was a part of a theatrical movement called what?

2. Greg Pierotti claims in “Moment: Journal Entries” of Act 1, that he swore he heard what the moment he crossed the Wyoming border?

3. According to the author in the Introduction, we live in an age when what mediums are “constantly redefining and refining their tools”?

4. Jedadiah Schultz says in Act 1 that his parents reacted how when he told them he would be doing a scene from Angels in America for a high school competition?

5. Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde deals with Oscar Wilde's three trials on the matter of his relationship with whom?

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