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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Waco siege, a fire destroyed the compound when a second assault was launched, killing how many people?
(a) 18
(b) 112
(c) 37
(d) 75

2. In the essay by Bertolt Brecht discussed in the Introduction to The Laramie Project, the author describes a model based upon “an eyewitness demonstrating to a collection of people how” what took place?
(a) A rainbow
(b) A murder
(c) A traffic accident
(d) A fire

3. In what year was Matthew Shepard born?
(a) 1976
(b) 1971
(c) 1982
(d) 1991

4. What has Romaine Patterson discovered she is going to be honored by in “Moment: Epilogue” of Act 3?
(a) The Anti-Defamation League
(b) The Wyoming National Guard
(c) The Laramie Police Department
(d) The White House

5. What verdict did the jury reach in the case of Aaron McKinney for the charge of aggravated robbery?
(a) Mistrial
(b) Guilty
(c) Not guilty
(d) Not guilty by reason of insanity

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the waitress Debbie introduce herself to at a local inn in Act 1?

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

3. At what theater did The Laramie Project first perform in New York?

4. Who says, “So when they used “gay panic” as their defense, I felt, this is good, if nothing else the truth is going to be told … the truth is coming out” in “Moment: Gay Panic” of Act 3?

5. Romaine Patterson claims in “Moment: Epilogue” of Act 3 that in the past year she has changed her major and will be studying what?

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