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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The waitress Debbie claims to have been born in what year in Act 1?
(a) 1938
(b) 1954
(c) 1966
(d) 1947

2. In the staging notes, the author describes the set of The Laramie Project as what?
(a) A town square
(b) A performance space
(c) A church
(d) A medieval hut

3. In what year did Oscar Wilde die?
(a) 1935
(b) 1974
(c) 1900
(d) 1951

4. 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

5. Where was Matthew Shepard beaten and raped during a high school trip, causing him to experience depression and panic attacks?
(a) Morocco
(b) Vietnam
(c) Germany
(d) Mexico

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is described as a limousine driver in Act 1?

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

3. 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?

4. How many weeks after the murder of Matthew Shepard did the author and members of the Tectonic Theater Project travel to Laramie, Wyoming to collect interviews?

5. Where does the Narrator say Doc O’Connor lives in Act 1?

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