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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. Where does the Narrator say Doc O’Connor lives in Act 1?
(a) Cody
(b) Missoula
(c) Rock Springs
(d) Bossler

2. What is the name of Matthew Shepard’s younger brother?
(a) Oscar Shepard
(b) Logan Shepard
(c) William Shepard
(d) Caleb Shepard

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

4. What did the sign at the Wyoming border say when the Tectonic Theater Project members first arrived, according to Greg Pierotti in Act 1?
(a) Wyoming—like no place on earth
(b) Wyoming—river fun in the mountain sun
(c) Wyoming—land of Yellowstone
(d) Wyoming—where buffalo outnumber people

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was The Laramie Project first performed in Laramie, Wyoming, according to the author of the Introduction?

2. What is Matthew Shepard’s father’s name?

3. Where was Oscar Wilde born?

4. Where does April Silva say she grew up in Act 1?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Marge Murray say about bias and prejudice within Laramie in Act 1?

2. When and where did The Laramie Project premiere?

3. How does Moisés Kaufman’s homeland view his works?

4. When was The Laramie Project adapted to film? Where was it first presented?

5. What does Doc O’Connor remark about the gay population in Laramie in Act 1?

6. What is related in “Moment: The Fireside” in Act 1?

7. Who speaks in the introduction to Act 1? What is established in this opening?

8. What awards has Moisés Kaufman won in the United States?

9. Who makes statements in “Moment: Finding Matthew Shepard”?

10. What does Rebecca Hilliker relate about her students in Act 1’s “Moment: Rebecca Hilliker”?

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