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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What Laramie resident states in Act 2 that he believes the gay community took “this as an advantage, said this is a good time for us to exploit this”?
(a) Russell Henderson
(b) Gil Engen
(c) Father Roger Schmit
(d) Reverend Fred Phelps
2. Rulon Stacey states in “Moment: Medical Update” in Act 2 that Matthew Shepard’s major injuries upon arrival at the hospital consisted of a skull fracture and what?
(a) Hypothermia
(b) Gunshot wounds
(c) Lung collapse
(d) An amputated arm
3. In Detective Sergeant Hing’s interview in Act 1, Hing states that his grandparents moved to Laramie, Wyoming, when?
(a) Early 1900s
(b) Mid 1700s
(c) Mid 1800s
(d) Late 1800s
4. In “Moment: The Essential Facts” in Act 2, the Newspaperperson states that who are being charged with the brutal beating of Matthew Shepard?
(a) Philip Mitchell Dubois and Aaron James McKinney
(b) Philip Mitchell Dubois and Jim Robert Geringer
(c) Russell Arthur Henderson and Philip Mitchell Dubois
(d) Aaron James McKinney and Russell Arthur Henderson
5. On what date did the United States Congress pass the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act?
(a) December 29, 2007
(b) June 16, 2001
(c) May 3, 2004
(d) October 22, 2009
Short Answer Questions
1. Sergeant Hing claims that the Laramie Police had apprehended the suspects in Matthew Shepard’s beating and murder in less than how much time in Act 2?
2. Who was the CEO of the Poudre Valley Hospital at the time of Matthew Shepard’s murder?
3. What is repeated by several of the play’s characters as being the unsaid motto of the people of Laramie?
4. In what year was The Laramie Project first performed in Laramie, Wyoming, according to the author of the Introduction?
5. How many weeks after the murder of Matthew Shepard did the author and members of the Tectonic Theater Project travel to Laramie, Wyoming to collect interviews?
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