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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction and Author’s Note.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what university did Matthew Shepard study?
(a) The University of Alaska
(b) The University of Montana
(c) The University of Colorado
(d) The University of Wyoming

2. 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

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 examine the subject matter at hand
(b) To explore theatrical language and form
(c) To explain current events
(d) To expose political and religious viewpoints

4. Where was Matthew Shepard born?
(a) Kalispell, Montana
(b) Durango, Colorado
(c) Casper, Wyoming
(d) Mammoth Lakes, California

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When was Bertolt Brecht born?

4. In what year was Matthew Shepard born?

5. Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde deals with Oscar Wilde's three trials on the matter of his relationship with whom?

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