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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) 200
(b) 35
(c) 75
(d) 120

2. Where did The Laramie Project initially open?
(a) The Los Angeles Taper Forum
(b) The Guthrie Theater
(c) The Actor’s Theater of San Francisco
(d) The Denver Center Theater

3. Where was James Byrd, Jr. murdered?
(a) Phoenix, Arizona
(b) Jasper, Texas
(c) Pueblo, Colorado
(d) Omaha, Nebraska

4. In “Moment: The Gem City of the Plains” from Act 2, Newsperson 3 says that Laramie “bills itself as Wyoming’s” what?
(a) Hometown
(b) Conscience
(c) Philosophy center
(d) Social hub

5. What is the name of Romaine Patterson’s sister in The Laramie Project?
(a) Lucy Thompson
(b) Barbara Pitts
(c) Trish Steger
(d) Tiffany Edwards

Short Answer Questions

1. Who joined the writing team for Tectonic Theater Project’s production of The Laramie Project as “an associate writer and ‘bench coach’” according to the Author’s Note?

2. Greg Pierotti claims in “Moment: Journal Entries” of Act 1, that he swore he heard what the moment he crossed the Wyoming border?

3. On what date did the United States Congress pass the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act?

4. What did the Welcome to Laramie sign say the population was when the Tectonic Theater Project members arrived, according to Barbara Pitts in Act 1?

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

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