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

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

3. Who led the Tectonic Theater Project’s group in Laramie as the head writer, according to the Author’s Note?
(a) Stephen Wangh
(b) Leigh Fondakowski
(c) Greg Pierotti
(d) Stephen Belber

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

5. According to the author in the Author’s Note, during the development of the play, the members of the Tectonic Theater Project traveled to Laramie how many times to conduct interviews?
(a) 6
(b) 2
(c) 11
(d) 9

Short Answer Questions

1. Who developed the original music for the premiere production of The Laramie Project?

2. Who in Act 1 says, “It’s hard to talk about Laramie now, to tell you what Laramie is, for us”?

3. In Detective Sergeant Hing’s interview in Act 1, Hing states that Wyoming is one of the largest states in the country and the least what?

4. According to the author in the Introduction, contemporary “theater has too often remained entrenched in the nineteenth-century traditions of” what?

5. According to the author in the Introduction, every project Tectonic Theater Project undertakes as a company has two objectives. What is the second?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the text of The Laramie Project based upon the transcripts of?

3. What was Moisés Kaufman’s objective in exploring themes in The Laramie Project?

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

5. What most recent works of Moisés Kaufman’s are described in the Introduction to The Laramie Project?

6. How is the crime against Matthew Shepard described in the Introduction?

7. Who speaks in the introduction to Act 1? What is established in this opening?

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

9. What does Jedadiah Schultz relate about the play Angels in America in Act 1?

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

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