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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. The Waco siege began on February 28 of what year?
2. In the author’s note about the text, he claims that “When writing this play, we used a technique I developed called” what?
3. What did Matthew Shepard choose to major in at college?
4. What did the sign at the Wyoming border say when the Tectonic Theater Project members first arrived, according to Greg Pierotti in Act 1?
5. In the essay by Bertolt Brecht discussed in the Introduction to The Laramie Project, the author describes a model based upon “an eyewitness demonstrating to a collection of people how” what took place?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is related in “Moment: The Fireside” in Act 1?
2. When and where did The Laramie Project premiere?
3. What is related in “Moment: A Scarf” in Act 1?
4. Who speaks in the introduction to Act 1? What is established in this opening?
5. When was The Laramie Project adapted to film? Where was it first presented?
6. What is the text of The Laramie Project based upon the transcripts of?
7. What do the residents of Laramie relate in “Moment: A Definition”?
8. How do the townspeople of Laramie describe Matthew Shepard in Act 1?
9. What most recent works of Moisés Kaufman’s are described in the Introduction to The Laramie Project?
10. Describe Moisés Kaufman. How is he involved with the Tectonic Theater Project?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Tony Kushner’s award-winning play, Angels in America. When was the play produced? What are its central subjects and themes? How was it received? Why did Jedadiah Schultz’s parents react as they did to his performing a scene from the play? How do Angels in America and The Laramie Project relate to one another?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and analyze character list of The Laramie Project. How many of the characters in the play are actual residents of Laramie? Who are the Tectonic Theater Project members? How are the characters described?
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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