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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 was James Byrd, Jr. murdered?
(a) Omaha, Nebraska
(b) Phoenix, Arizona
(c) Jasper, Texas
(d) Pueblo, Colorado
2. In Waco, Texas, a siege was initiated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation which lasted how many days?
(a) 12
(b) 50
(c) 5
(d) 28
3. According to the author in the costuming and staging notes, The Laramie Project should be an event driven by what?
(a) Lighting
(b) Scenery
(c) Costumes
(d) Acting
4. Who is described as the head of the theater department at the University of Wyoming in Act 1?
(a) Bill McKinney
(b) Rebecca Hilliker
(c) Marge Murray
(d) Philip Dubois
5. Who wrote Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde?
(a) Neil Simon
(b) Moisés Kaufman
(c) Terrence McNally
(d) Frank Galati
Short Answer Questions
1. Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde deals with Oscar Wilde's three trials on the matter of his relationship with whom?
2. In what year was Matthew Shepard murdered?
3. When was James Byrd, Jr. born?
4. Jedadiah Schultz says in Act 1 that his parents reacted how when he told them he would be doing a scene from Angels in America for a high school competition?
5. In Detective Sergeant Hing’s interview in Act 1, Hing states that all the towns of southern Wyoming are laid out and spaced because of what coming through?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Moisés Kaufman hope to capture from the residents in Laramie, Wyoming?
2. What is related in “Moment: A Scarf” in Act 1?
3. How does Act 1 of The Laramie Project begin? How is this “scene” defined?
4. What most recent works of Moisés Kaufman’s are described in the Introduction to The Laramie Project?
5. Who is the first person introduced in Act 1 that knew Matthew Shepard?
6. What was Moisés Kaufman’s objective in exploring themes in The Laramie Project?
7. What is the text of The Laramie Project based upon the transcripts of?
8. Who speaks in the introduction to Act 1? What is established in this opening?
9. How is the crime against Matthew Shepard described in the Introduction?
10. When was The Laramie Project adapted to film? Where was it first presented?
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