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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. According to the author in the Introduction, when he and the members of the Tectonic Theater Project traveled to Laramie, Wyoming, they did not know that they would devote how much time to the project?

2. What did the sign on the University Inn say when the Tectonic Theater Project members entered Laramie, according to Barbara Pitts in Act 1?

3. When was James Byrd, Jr. born?

4. Who wrote Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde?

5. How many members of the Tectonic Theater Project traveled to Laramie, Wyoming, along with Moisés Kaufman to collect interviews?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Matthew Shepard discovered? Where was he taken?

2. Who is the first person introduced in Act 1 that knew Matthew Shepard?

3. Where was Moisés Kaufman from? When did he enter the theater?

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

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

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

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

8. What was Moisés Kaufman’s objective in exploring themes in The Laramie Project?

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

10. How did the research begin on The Laramie Project? What role did the members of the theater company play?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson. How old were McKinney and Henderson at the time of Matthew Shepard’s murder? What impressions did they have on the people of the town? Who liked these individuals? Why? Who disliked them?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Leigh Fondakowski, Stephen Belber, Greg Pierotti, and Stephen Wangh. What role did each of these members of Tectonic Theater Project play in the development of The Laramie Project? What other works have they completed? How are they depicted in the script?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the young Matthew Shepard. How was Matthew Shepard like the friends and family you know? How was Matthew different in the context of Laramie? Who liked or disliked Matthew?

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