The Laramie Project Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Moisés Kaufman
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The Laramie Project Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was James Byrd, Jr. murdered?
(a) Jasper, Texas
(b) Phoenix, Arizona
(c) Pueblo, Colorado
(d) Omaha, Nebraska

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

3. 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) 11
(b) 2
(c) 9
(d) 6

4. Who interviews Detective Sergeant Hing in the beginning of Act 1?
(a) Greg Pierotti
(b) Harry Woods
(c) Matt Mickelson
(d) Philip Dubois

5. Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde deals with Oscar Wilde's three trials on the matter of his relationship with whom?
(a) Russell Henderson
(b) Lord Alfred Douglas
(c) Reverend Fred Phelps
(d) Jim Geringer

6. What question does Sergeant Hing say the reporter asked him, completely missing the point, in Act 1?
(a) Who in the hell would want to run out here?
(b) Are there bears out here?
(c) What’s the population of Laramie?
(d) How cold does it get here?

7. Who designed the original set for the premiere production of The Laramie Project?
(a) Sherry Johnson
(b) Robert Brill
(c) Doug Laws
(d) Andy Paris

8. In what year was The Laramie Project first performed in Laramie, Wyoming, according to the author of the Introduction?
(a) 2007
(b) 1999
(c) 2003
(d) 2000

9. In Detective Sergeant Hing’s interview in Act 1, Hing states that his grandparents moved to Laramie, Wyoming, when?
(a) Mid 1700s
(b) Late 1800s
(c) Early 1900s
(d) Mid 1800s

10. The Waco siege began on February 28 of what year?
(a) 1988
(b) 1996
(c) 1993
(d) 1982

11. 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) 2 years
(d) 11 months

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) Hooting owls
(b) Howling wolves
(c) Screaming cowboys
(d) A herd of buffalo

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

14. What does Barbara Pitts say the first thing to welcome them was when they arrived in Laramie in Act 1?
(a) Wal-Mart
(b) A protest
(c) A rodeo
(d) A Ferrari dealership

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the sign on the University Inn say when the Tectonic Theater Project members entered Laramie, according to Barbara Pitts in Act 1?

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

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

4. 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?

5. Who led the Tectonic Theater Project’s group in Laramie as the head writer, according to the Author’s Note?

(see the answer keys)

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