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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was Matthew Shepard murdered?
(a) 1995
(b) 1992
(c) 1998
(d) 2001

2. When did Bertolt Brecht die?
(a) 1997
(b) 1933
(c) 1916
(d) 1956

3. Who was the bartender at the Fireside Bar on the night that Matthew Shepard was killed?
(a) Aaron Kreifels
(b) Matt Galloway
(c) Andy Paris
(d) Russell Henderson

4. According to the author in the costuming and staging notes, The Laramie Project should be an event driven by what?
(a) Acting
(b) Lighting
(c) Costumes
(d) Scenery

5. According to the author in the Introduction, every project Tectonic Theater Project undertakes as a company has two objectives. What is the first?
(a) To expose political and religious viewpoints
(b) To explore theatrical language and form
(c) To explain current events
(d) To examine the subject matter at hand

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Matthew Shepard born?

2. 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?

3. Who is described as being the president of the University of Wyoming in Act 1?

4. 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?

5. Where did The Laramie Project initially open?

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