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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Catherine Connolly states in Act 2 that there were probably about how many people from town at the arraignment?
(a) 27
(b) 140
(c) 100
(d) 50

2. Who was the owner of the Fireside Bar at the time that Matthew Shepard was killed?
(a) Matt Mickelson
(b) Harry Woods
(c) Russell Henderson
(d) Jon Peacock

3. 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?
(a) 0
(b) 1
(c) 4
(d) 2

4. 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?
(a) Up on the bluffs
(b) Down by the river
(c) Out in the woods
(d) The poor side of town

5. What refers to a type of editorial bias in mass media in which events and topics in news stories and pieces are over-hyped to increase viewership or readership numbers?
(a) Sensationalism
(b) Dramatism
(c) Moralism
(d) Politicism

Short Answer Questions

1. In “Moment: Live and Let Live” of Act 2, who says “Well, it’s preached in schools that being gay is okay”?

2. Moisés Kaufman claims in Act 1 that “Today Leigh tried to explain to me to no avail what” what was?

3. What is the name of Matthew Shepard’s mother?

4. Who was the girlfriend of Russell Henderson at the time of Matthew Shepard’s murder?

5. At what theater did The Laramie Project first perform in New York?

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