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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 does Andy Paris interview in Act 1?
(a) Trish Steger
(b) Rebecca Hilliker
(c) Doug Laws
(d) Sherry Johnson
2. In Detective Sergeant Hing’s interview in Act 1, Hing states that his grandparents moved to Laramie, Wyoming, when?
(a) Early 1900s
(b) Mid 1700s
(c) Late 1800s
(d) Mid 1800s
3. When was Bertolt Brecht born?
(a) 1933
(b) 1948
(c) 1898
(d) 1854
4. What does Barbara Pitts say the first thing to welcome them was when they arrived in Laramie in Act 1?
(a) A rodeo
(b) Wal-Mart
(c) A protest
(d) A Ferrari dealership
5. When did Bertolt Brecht die?
(a) 1956
(b) 1933
(c) 1916
(d) 1997
Short Answer Questions
1. Where was the poet, playwright and director Bertolt Brecht born?
2. In what year did Oscar Wilde die?
3. Who is described as a limousine driver in Act 1?
4. When was Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde published?
5. Who is described as the head of the theater department at the University of Wyoming in Act 1?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Jedadiah Schultz relate about the play Angels in America in Act 1?
2. How do the townspeople of Laramie describe Matthew Shepard in Act 1?
3. What most recent works of Moisés Kaufman’s are described in the Introduction to The Laramie Project?
4. Who speaks in the introduction to Act 1? What is established in this opening?
5. What does Rebecca Hilliker relate about her students in Act 1’s “Moment: Rebecca Hilliker”?
6. Describe Moisés Kaufman. How is he involved with the Tectonic Theater Project?
7. How does Moisés Kaufman’s homeland view his works?
8. What structural purpose do Kaufman’s “moments” have in the play?
9. What awards has Moisés Kaufman won in the United States?
10. How was Matthew Shepard discovered? Where was he taken?
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