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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Buffalo
(b) The Pony Express
(c) The railroad
(d) The weather

2. 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?
(a) Stephen Wangh
(b) Sherry Johnson
(c) Jon Peacock
(d) Greg Pierotti

3. According to the author in the Author’s Note, during the development of the play, the members of the Tectonic Theater Project traveled to Laramie how many times to conduct interviews?
(a) 6
(b) 11
(c) 9
(d) 2

4. What is the name of Matthew Shepard’s mother?
(a) Martha Shepard
(b) Anna Shepard
(c) Mary Shepard
(d) Judy Shepard

5. Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde deals with Oscar Wilde's three trials on the matter of his relationship with whom?
(a) Jim Geringer
(b) Russell Henderson
(c) Reverend Fred Phelps
(d) Lord Alfred Douglas

Short Answer Questions

1. How many members of the Tectonic Theater Project traveled to Laramie, Wyoming, along with Moisés Kaufman to collect interviews?

2. Who in Act 1 says, “It’s hard to talk about Laramie now, to tell you what Laramie is, for us”?

3. What did the sign on the University Inn say when the Tectonic Theater Project members entered Laramie, according to Barbara Pitts in Act 1?

4. Who is described as being the president of the University of Wyoming in Act 1?

5. Where was the poet, playwright and director Bertolt Brecht born?

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