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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. When was Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde published?
(a) 1992
(b) 1985
(c) 1983
(d) 1997

2. What book did Matthew Shepard’s mother author discussing Matthew’s murder?
(a) Matthew, Tell me about Heaven: A Firsthand Description of the Afterlife
(b) The Man from Laramie
(c) The Meaning of Matthew: My Son's Murder in Laramie, and a World Transformed
(d) Laramie Holds the Range

3. Who designed the original set for the premiere production of The Laramie Project?
(a) Doug Laws
(b) Sherry Johnson
(c) Andy Paris
(d) Robert Brill

4. What is Matthew Shepard’s father’s name?
(a) Dennis Shepard
(b) Mark Shepard
(c) Roger Shepard
(d) James Shepard

5. 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) Jon Peacock
(c) Sherry Johnson
(d) Greg Pierotti

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Bertolt Brecht die?

2. When was Oscar Wilde born?

3. How many weeks after the murder of Matthew Shepard did the author and members of the Tectonic Theater Project travel to Laramie, Wyoming to collect interviews?

4. Where was Oscar Wilde born?

5. When was Bertolt Brecht born?

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