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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Where was Matthew Shepard born?

3. Where was James Byrd, Jr. murdered?

4. The Narrator states in the beginning of Act 1 that the members of the Tectonic Theater Project traveled to Laramie, Wyoming, on what date?

5. What did the Welcome to Laramie sign say the population was when the Tectonic Theater Project members arrived, according to Barbara Pitts 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. Where was Moisés Kaufman from? When did he enter the theater?

4. When in “Moment: A Definition” does the tone of Act 1 begin to change? How?

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

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

7. Describe Moisés Kaufman. How is he involved with the Tectonic Theater Project?

8. What did Moisés Kaufman hope to capture from the residents in Laramie, Wyoming?

9. How does Act 1 of The Laramie Project begin? How is this “scene” defined?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Bertolt Brecht and the development of Epic Theater. What was the central objective in Epic Theater? What other practitioners employed this model? What stylistic elements stand out in Epic Theater? How does the style of docudrama relate to Brecht’s Epic Theater? What is the purpose of each?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Kaufman’s Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde. What drew Kaufman to write about the life and trials of Wilde? How do the themes of this work relate to those in The Laramie Project? Why does the playwright relate these events in the Introduction?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the relationship between religion and prejudice in The Laramie Project. What impact do the ministers of the varying religious institutions in the town have on the residents? What message do these ministers relate regarding homosexuality?

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