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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the course of the authors’ travels to Laramie, Wyoming, they conducted more than how many interviews according to the author of the Introduction?
(a) 75
(b) 200
(c) 35
(d) 120

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

3. Whose mother worked in a roundhouse, according to the narrative in Act 1?
(a) Dennis Shepard’s
(b) Marge Murray’s
(c) Matt Mickelson’s
(d) Amanda Gronich’s

4. Who did the waitress Debbie introduce herself to at a local inn in Act 1?
(a) Leigh Fondakowski
(b) Tiffany Edwards
(c) Matt Galloway
(d) Matt Mickelson

5. The Narrator states in the beginning of Act 1 that the members of the Tectonic Theater Project traveled to Laramie, Wyoming, on what date?
(a) July 4, 1997
(b) February 18, 1999
(c) May 11, 2000
(d) November 14, 1998

6. When was Bertolt Brecht born?
(a) 1898
(b) 1948
(c) 1854
(d) 1933

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

8. Who is described as the head of the theater department at the University of Wyoming in Act 1?
(a) Bill McKinney
(b) Philip Dubois
(c) Rebecca Hilliker
(d) Marge Murray

9. How many members of the Tectonic Theater Project traveled to Laramie, Wyoming, along with Moisés Kaufman to collect interviews?
(a) 4
(b) 2
(c) 9
(d) 12

10. At what theater did The Laramie Project first perform in New York?
(a) The Ethel Barrymore Theatre
(b) The Union Square Theatre
(c) The St. James Theatre
(d) The Al Hirschfield Theatre

11. What did Matthew Shepard choose to major in at college?
(a) English literature
(b) Mathematics
(c) Engineering
(d) Political science

12. According to the author in the costuming and staging notes, The Laramie Project should be an event driven by what?
(a) Acting
(b) Costumes
(c) Lighting
(d) Scenery

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

14. Who is described as a limousine driver in Act 1?
(a) Rob DeBree
(b) Sherry Aanenson
(c) Doc O’Connor
(d) Jim Geringer

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

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 in Act 1 says, “It’s hard to talk about Laramie now, to tell you what Laramie is, for us”?

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

4. Who designed the original set for the premiere production of The Laramie Project?

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

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