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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction and Author’s Note.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bertolt Brecht was a part of a theatrical movement called what?
(a) Theater of the Absurd
(b) Epic theater
(c) Dadaism
(d) Naturalism

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

3. What is the name of Matthew Shepard’s mother?
(a) Anna Shepard
(b) Judy Shepard
(c) Mary Shepard
(d) Martha Shepard

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) 2 years
(b) 4 years
(c) 11 months
(d) 5 months

5. When was Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde published?
(a) 1992
(b) 1997
(c) 1983
(d) 1985

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Bertolt Brecht born?

2. In what year was Matthew Shepard born?

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. According to the author in the Introduction, every project Tectonic Theater Project undertakes as a company has two objectives. What is the second?

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

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