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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Wyoming governor in Act 2 states, “I would like to urge the people of Wyoming against overreacting in a way that gives one group” what?
(a) Religious authority
(b) Enforcement abilities
(c) Special rights over others
(d) Absolute power

2. In Detective Sergeant Hing’s interview in Act 1, Hing states that all the towns of southern Wyoming are laid out and spaced because of what coming through?
(a) The weather
(b) The Pony Express
(c) The railroad
(d) Buffalo

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

4. When was James Byrd, Jr. born?
(a) 1920
(b) 1949
(c) 1904
(d) 1933

5. Angels in America is a play by what playwright?
(a) Tony Kushner
(b) Nilo Cruz
(c) Thornton Wilder
(d) Scott McMorrow

Short Answer Questions

1. In “Moment: The Essential Facts” in Act 2, the Newspaperperson states that who are being charged with the brutal beating of Matthew Shepard?

2. In what year did The Laramie Project first perform in New York?

3. According to the author in the Introduction, we live in an age when what mediums are “constantly redefining and refining their tools”?

4. Who does Andy Paris interview in Act 1?

5. Who was the owner of the Fireside Bar at the time that Matthew Shepard was killed?

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