THE2000 Engaged Theatre Quiz

The Hell House video depicted scenes involving abortion, family violence, and suicide.

Aaron McKinney claimed that the reason he acted violently toward Matthew Shepard was that Shepard ___.

The practice of using theatre to educate has only been around for about thirty years.

According to the textbook, drama that aspires to promote dialogue and social justice through performance is called ___________.

According to the textbook, The Drunkard was one of the most successful plays in American history.

Dennis Shepard, father of Matthew Shepard, told the court that despite his own beliefs, he recommends the death penalty for the men who killed his son.

Augusto Boal wrote what book in 1973 that argues for the direct participation of the audience in theatre, rather than their traditional role as passive spectators?

Billionaires for Bush (or Gore) was a group that used irony to target corporate welfare and the influence of money on the political system.

Matthew Shepard was already dead when they found his body tied to a fence?

What is a Hell House?

The weather was clear and sunny during Matthew Shepard's funeral.

Romaine Patterson and others countered the protest of anti-gay activist Fred Phelps and his followers by holding hands and blocking them. How were they dressed?

In Fires in the Mirror, the Rev. Al Sharpton speaks about his relationship with what famous singer?

In the video clip of "8", the character David Blankenhorn (played by John C. Reilly) is asked to respond to a particular question with a 'yes', a 'no', or 'I don't know.' How did he respond?

How old was Gavin Cato when he died?

What was the name of the Serbian youth movement that used humorous, nonviolent consciousness-raising demonstrations to overthrow then president of Yugoslavia, Slobodan Miloševic'?

Living newspapers and groups such as El Teatro Campesino have been referred to as _______________.

Yankel Rosenbaum, the rabbinical student who was stabbed, was originally from ________.

In Fires in the Mirror, what does Carmel Cato say at the end of his segment?

Reuven Ostrov, 17-year-old Hasidic Assistant Chaplin, states that that no one performed an autopsy on Yankel Rosenbaum.