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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the sign on the University Inn say when the Tectonic Theater Project members entered Laramie, according to Barbara Pitts in Act 1?
(a) Hate is not a Laramie value
(b) Laramie mourns
(c) God bless everyone
(d) Peace be with you

2. Who were the Tectonic Theater Project’s associate writers who led the group in Laramie, according to the Author’s Note?
(a) Stephen Belber and Greg Pierotti
(b) Greg Pierotti and Leigh Fondakowski
(c) Leigh Fondakowski and Jon Peacock
(d) Stephen Belber and Jim Geringer

3. Who interviews Detective Sergeant Hing in the beginning of Act 1?
(a) Harry Woods
(b) Philip Dubois
(c) Greg Pierotti
(d) Matt Mickelson

4. In “Moment: The Gem City of the Plains” from Act 2, Newsperson 1 says “It’s a tough business, as Matt Shepard knew, as his friends all knew, to be gay in” what?
(a) God’s country
(b) Yellowstone country
(c) Teton country
(d) Cowboy country

5. Who wrote Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde?
(a) Terrence McNally
(b) Frank Galati
(c) Neil Simon
(d) Moisés Kaufman

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Bertolt Brecht born?

2. Where was Oscar Wilde born?

3. James Byrd, Jr. was murdered by three men who asserted to be what?

4. What is the name of Matthew Shepard’s younger brother?

5. In “Moment: The Gem City of the Plains” from Act 2, Newsperson 2 says that “Aaron McKinney and his friend Russell Henderson came from” where?

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