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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The waitress Debbie claims to have been born in what year in Act 1?
(a) 1938
(b) 1966
(c) 1954
(d) 1947
2. James Byrd, Jr. was murdered by three men who asserted to be what?
(a) Policemen
(b) White supremacists
(c) College educated
(d) Peace activists
3. Who in Act 1 says, “It’s hard to talk about Laramie now, to tell you what Laramie is, for us”?
(a) Aaron Kreifels
(b) Jedadiah Schultz
(c) Doc O'Connor
(d) Matt Galloway
4. Who does Andy Paris interview in Act 1?
(a) Rebecca Hilliker
(b) Trish Steger
(c) Doug Laws
(d) Sherry Johnson
5. Who claims in Act 1, “But Wyoming, unless you’re a professional, well, the bulk of the people are working minimum-wage jobs”?
(a) Romaine Patterson
(b) Reverend Fred Phelps
(c) Alison Mears
(d) Lucy Thompson
Short Answer Questions
1. What Laramie resident claims to have moved to Laramie from rural Texas in Act 1?
2. When was Oscar Wilde born?
3. According to the author in the costuming and staging notes, The Laramie Project should be an event driven by what?
4. When was Bertolt Brecht born?
5. Where does the Narrator say Doc O’Connor lives in Act 1?
Short Essay Questions
1. When was The Laramie Project adapted to film? Where was it first presented?
2. How does Act 1 of The Laramie Project begin? How is this “scene” defined?
3. What did Moisés Kaufman hope to capture from the residents in Laramie, Wyoming?
4. How did the research begin on The Laramie Project? What role did the members of the theater company play?
5. When in “Moment: A Definition” does the tone of Act 1 begin to change? How?
6. Where did Matthew Shepard die? Who was charged with his murder?
7. What does Marge Murray say about bias and prejudice within Laramie in Act 1?
8. How does Moisés Kaufman’s homeland view his works?
9. Describe Moisés Kaufman. How is he involved with the Tectonic Theater Project?
10. What do the residents of Laramie relate in “Moment: A Definition”?
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