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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What awards has Moisés Kaufman won in the United States?

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

3. How does Act 1 of The Laramie Project begin? How is this “scene” defined?

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

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

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

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

8. How was Matthew Shepard discovered? Where was he taken?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the discovery, examination, and treatment of Matthew Shepard’s body. Who found him? What did he do upon discovering the body? Who first arrived at the scene? Where was Matthew transported? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the events leading to the Tectonic Theater Project’s travels to Laramie, Wyoming. What connection did Kaufman have to Wyoming? How did he hear the news of Matthew Shepard’s death? What did the company members think of the trip?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the public support shown both in Laramie, Wyoming, and in the United States as a whole, for Matthew Shepard. What did this support signify? How was it a stepping stone for gay awareness? Who resented this support?

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