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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the course of the authors’ travels to Laramie, Wyoming, they conducted more than how many interviews according to the author of the Introduction?
(a) 120
(b) 75
(c) 200
(d) 35

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

3. Rulon Stacey states in “Moment: Medical Update” in Act 2 that Matthew Shepard was admitted to the hospital in critical condition on what date?
(a) September 28
(b) July 9
(c) January 16
(d) October 7

4. Bertolt Brecht was a part of a theatrical movement called what?
(a) Dadaism
(b) Naturalism
(c) Epic theater
(d) Theater of the Absurd

5. 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?
(a) 2 years
(b) 4 years
(c) 11 months
(d) 5 months

Short Answer Questions

1. What sect leader was killed in the Waco siege?

2. Who claims in “Moment: Seeing Matthew” of Act 2, “Ultimately, no matter how you dice it, I did have an opportunity”?

3. What did Matthew Shepard choose to major in at college?

4. What is the name of the sect that had a standoff with the FBI and AFT in Waco, Texas?

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?

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