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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. Leigh Fondakowski has been a member of Tectonic Theater Project since what year?
2. What Laramie resident states in the play, “My secret hope was that they were from somewhere else, that then of course you can create that distance: We don’t grow children like that here. Well, it’s pretty clear that we do grow children like that here …”?
3. Where is the Westboro Baptist Church based?
4. Who was the bartender at the Fireside Bar on the night that Matthew Shepard was killed?
5. Romaine Patterson claims in “Moment: Epilogue” of Act 3 that in the past year she has changed her major and will be studying what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the Society for Human Rights? When was it established?
2. How is prejudice defined? What role does it play in The Laramie Project?
3. How is the genre of docudrama defined?
4. What external conflicts are established among the citizens of Laramie in the play?
5. What internal conflicts are evident in the citizens of Laramie in the play?
6. What historical incident sparked the gay-rights movement in the United States?
7. What internal conflict does Jedadiah present in “Moment: Live and Let Live” of Act 2?
8. How is The Laramie Project structured?
9. How does Kaufman use juxtaposition to create emotion in the audience in Act 2?
10. In the past, legislative attempts to define hate crimes have sparked national debate. Should the definitions include crimes committed against disabled people or people of different nationalities?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the work of Moisés Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project. How long has this theatrical company been established? What are its objectives? How does their work differ from other contemporary theater companies?
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