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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The president of the University of Wyoming states that he lets his children play out at night until what time in Act 1?
(a) 8:30 p.m.
(b) 1 a.m.
(c) 11 p.m.
(d) 9 p.m.

2. In the course of the authors’ travels to Laramie, Wyoming, they conducted more than how many interviews according to the author of the Introduction?
(a) 120
(b) 200
(c) 75
(d) 35

3. Bertolt Brecht was a part of a theatrical movement called what?
(a) Naturalism
(b) Epic theater
(c) Theater of the Absurd
(d) Dadaism

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

5. When was Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde published?
(a) 1985
(b) 1992
(c) 1983
(d) 1997

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the Narrator say Doc O’Connor lives in Act 1?

2. When did Bertolt Brecht die?

3. In Detective Sergeant Hing’s interview in Act 1, Hing states that his family is what generation in Laramie, Wyoming?

4. In what year did Oscar Wilde die?

5. In what year was Matthew Shepard murdered?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Moisés Kaufman. How is he involved with the Tectonic Theater Project?

2. What did Moisés Kaufman hope to capture from the residents in Laramie, Wyoming?

3. What is related in “Moment: A Scarf” in Act 1?

4. Where did Matthew Shepard die? Who was charged with his murder?

5. How do the townspeople of Laramie describe Matthew Shepard in Act 1?

6. How did the research begin on The Laramie Project? What role did the members of the theater company play?

7. Who makes statements in “Moment: Finding Matthew Shepard”?

8. When was The Laramie Project adapted to film? Where was it first presented?

9. What does Moisés Kaufman say about the role of theater and its structure in the Introduction?

10. What is related in “Moment: The Fireside” in Act 1?

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