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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to the author in the costuming and staging notes, The Laramie Project should be an event driven by what?
(a) Scenery
(b) Costumes
(c) Lighting
(d) Acting

3. Where did The Laramie Project initially open?
(a) The Guthrie Theater
(b) The Denver Center Theater
(c) The Actor’s Theater of San Francisco
(d) The Los Angeles Taper Forum

4. At what university did Matthew Shepard study?
(a) The University of Colorado
(b) The University of Wyoming
(c) The University of Alaska
(d) The University of Montana

5. What Brecht essay does the author discuss in the Introduction?
(a) Propaganda in Theater
(b) The Epic Theater
(c) Guerrilla Theater
(d) The Street Scene

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

7. When was Bertolt Brecht born?
(a) 1933
(b) 1948
(c) 1898
(d) 1854

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

9. Who joined the writing team for Tectonic Theater Project’s production of The Laramie Project as “an associate writer and ‘bench coach’” according to the Author’s Note?
(a) Sherry Johnson
(b) Stephen Wangh
(c) Greg Pierotti
(d) Jon Peacock

10. 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?
(a) They called their friends to attend
(b) They offered to pay for medical school
(c) They refused to attend
(d) They bought him a car

11. Where was the poet, playwright and director Bertolt Brecht born?
(a) India
(b) Germany
(c) Morocco
(d) Spain

12. Greg Pierotti claims in “Moment: Journal Entries” of Act 1, that he swore he heard what the moment he crossed the Wyoming border?
(a) Howling wolves
(b) Hooting owls
(c) A herd of buffalo
(d) Screaming cowboys

13. 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 explore theatrical language and form
(b) To explain current events
(c) To examine the subject matter at hand
(d) To expose political and religious viewpoints

14. On what date did the United States Congress pass the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act?
(a) May 3, 2004
(b) December 29, 2007
(c) June 16, 2001
(d) October 22, 2009

15. Moisés Kaufman claims in Act 1 that “Today Leigh tried to explain to me to no avail what” what was?
(a) Chicken fried steak
(b) Elk burgers
(c) Jumbo shrimp
(d) Fried ice cream

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the waitress Debbie introduce herself to at a local inn in Act 1?

2. The Narrator states in the beginning of Act 1 that the members of the Tectonic Theater Project traveled to Laramie, Wyoming, on what date?

3. Doc O’Connor claims that the trains that go by where he lives pass every how many minutes in Act 1?

4. When did Bertolt Brecht die?

5. In the staging notes, the author describes the set of The Laramie Project as what?

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