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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first police officer who arrived on the scene and attempted to save Matthew Shepard was informed a few days later that Matthew was positive for what?
(a) Cancer
(b) Bird Flu
(c) Drugs
(d) HIV

2. Who is described as Matthew Shepard’s academic adviser in Act 2?
(a) John Peacock
(b) Matt Galloway
(c) Stephen Belber
(d) Rebecca Hilliker

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

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

5. What does Barbara Pitts say the first thing to welcome them was when they arrived in Laramie in Act 1?
(a) A rodeo
(b) A Ferrari dealership
(c) Wal-Mart
(d) A protest

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who developed the original music for the premiere production of The Laramie Project?

3. According to Catherine Connolly in Act 2, the arraignment lasted how long?

4. Who was the girlfriend of Aaron McKinney at the time of Matthew Shepard’s murder?

5. In what year did Oscar Wilde die?

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