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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. Who is described as a limousine driver in Act 1?
(a) Doc O’Connor
(b) Jim Geringer
(c) Sherry Aanenson
(d) Rob DeBree
2. In what year was The Laramie Project first performed in Laramie, Wyoming, according to the author of the Introduction?
(a) 2003
(b) 2007
(c) 1999
(d) 2000
3. In what year was Matthew Shepard murdered?
(a) 1998
(b) 2001
(c) 1995
(d) 1992
4. In what year did The Laramie Project first perform in New York?
(a) 2009
(b) 2000
(c) 1998
(d) 2004
5. What book did Matthew Shepard’s mother author discussing Matthew’s murder?
(a) The Meaning of Matthew: My Son's Murder in Laramie, and a World Transformed
(b) Laramie Holds the Range
(c) The Man from Laramie
(d) Matthew, Tell me about Heaven: A Firsthand Description of the Afterlife
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. What does Barbara Pitts say the first thing to welcome them was when they arrived in Laramie in Act 1?
3. Who designed the original set for the premiere production of The Laramie Project?
4. Where did The Laramie Project initially open?
5. Who says, “Stewardship is one thing all out ancestors taught us” in Act 1?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Moisés Kaufman say about the role of theater and its structure in the Introduction?
2. What is related in “Moment: The Fireside” in Act 1?
3. What did Moisés Kaufman hope to capture from the residents in Laramie, Wyoming?
4. How does Moisés Kaufman’s homeland view his works?
5. What structural purpose do Kaufman’s “moments” have in the play?
6. What most recent works of Moisés Kaufman’s are described in the Introduction to The Laramie Project?
7. How is the crime against Matthew Shepard described in the Introduction?
8. Where was Moisés Kaufman from? When did he enter the theater?
9. What awards has Moisés Kaufman won in the United States?
10. How are the religious views in Laramie depicted in “Moment: The Word” in Act 1?
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