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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Waco siege, a fire destroyed the compound when a second assault was launched, killing how many people?
(a) 112
(b) 75
(c) 18
(d) 37

2. When did Bertolt Brecht die?
(a) 1933
(b) 1997
(c) 1916
(d) 1956

3. In what year was Matthew Shepard murdered?
(a) 1992
(b) 1995
(c) 2001
(d) 1998

4. What book did Matthew Shepard’s mother author discussing Matthew’s murder?
(a) Laramie Holds the Range
(b) Matthew, Tell me about Heaven: A Firsthand Description of the Afterlife
(c) The Man from Laramie
(d) The Meaning of Matthew: My Son's Murder in Laramie, and a World Transformed

5. It was February of what year that Matthew Shepard was beaten and raped during a high school trip?
(a) 1991
(b) 1983
(c) 1995
(d) 1988

6. In the author’s note about the text, he claims that “When writing this play, we used a technique I developed called” what?
(a) Moment work
(b) Reflection work
(c) Truth work
(d) Thought work

7. 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 rainbow
(b) A murder
(c) A traffic accident
(d) A fire

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

9. Who does Andy Paris interview in Act 1?
(a) Doug Laws
(b) Trish Steger
(c) Sherry Johnson
(d) Rebecca Hilliker

10. Where was the poet, playwright and director Bertolt Brecht born?
(a) Spain
(b) Morocco
(c) India
(d) Germany

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

12. Who in Act 1 says, “It’s hard to talk about Laramie now, to tell you what Laramie is, for us”?
(a) Matt Galloway
(b) Aaron Kreifels
(c) Doc O'Connor
(d) Jedadiah Schultz

13. What is the name of the sect that had a standoff with the FBI and AFT in Waco, Texas?
(a) Al Qaeda
(b) The Lord’s Children
(c) The Divinity Project
(d) The Branch Davidians

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The author of the Introduction to The Laramie Project writes: “There are moments in history when a particular event brings the various ideologies and beliefs prevailing in a culture into sharp focus. At these junctures event becomes a” what, of sorts?

3. Where was James Byrd, Jr. murdered?

4. In what year did Oscar Wilde die?

5. Who is described as being the president of the University of Wyoming in Act 1?

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