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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the essay by Bertolt Brecht discussed in the Introduction to The Laramie Project, the author describes a model based upon “an eyewitness demonstrating to a collection of people how” what took place?
(a) A traffic accident
(b) A rainbow
(c) A murder
(d) A fire

2. Where does April Silva say she grew up in Act 1?
(a) Cody, Wyoming
(b) Minot, North Dakota
(c) Boise, Idaho
(d) Tacoma, Washington

3. Greg Pierotti claims in “Moment: Journal Entries” of Act 1, that he swore he heard what the moment he crossed the Wyoming border?
(a) A herd of buffalo
(b) Howling wolves
(c) Screaming cowboys
(d) Hooting owls

4. According to the author in the Introduction, every project Tectonic Theater Project undertakes as a company has two objectives. What is the second?
(a) To examine the subject matter at hand
(b) To expose political and religious viewpoints
(c) To explain current events
(d) To explore theatrical language and form

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. James Byrd, Jr. was murdered by three men who asserted to be what?

4. Jedadiah Schultz says in Act 1 that his parents reacted how when he told them he would be doing a scene from Angels in America for a high school competition?

5. When was Oscar Wilde born?

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