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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. Who is described as being the president of the University of Wyoming in Act 1?
(a) Amanda Gronich
(b) Catherine Connolly
(c) Philip Dubois
(d) Rob DeBree

2. Angels in America is a play by what playwright?
(a) Nilo Cruz
(b) Tony Kushner
(c) Scott McMorrow
(d) Thornton Wilder

3. According to the author in the Introduction, we live in an age when what mediums are “constantly redefining and refining their tools”?
(a) Newspapers and magazines
(b) Right and wrong
(c) Good and evil
(d) Film and television

4. According to the author in the Introduction, when he and the members of the Tectonic Theater Project traveled to Laramie, Wyoming, they did not know that they would devote how much time to the project?
(a) 5 months
(b) 4 years
(c) 11 months
(d) 2 years

5. Where does the Narrator say Doc O’Connor lives in Act 1?
(a) Missoula
(b) Bossler
(c) Cody
(d) Rock Springs

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year was Matthew Shepard born?

3. At what theater did The Laramie Project first perform in New York?

4. What did the sign at the Wyoming border say when the Tectonic Theater Project members first arrived, according to Greg Pierotti in Act 1?

5. Who says, “Stewardship is one thing all out ancestors taught us” in Act 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Marge Murray say about bias and prejudice within Laramie in Act 1?

3. When in “Moment: A Definition” does the tone of Act 1 begin to change? How?

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

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

6. What does Doc O’Connor remark about the gay population in Laramie in Act 1?

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

8. How does Moisés Kaufman’s homeland view his works?

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

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

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