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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. 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

2. 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) 75
(b) 120
(c) 200
(d) 35

3. At what theater did The Laramie Project first perform in New York?
(a) The St. James Theatre
(b) The Al Hirschfield Theatre
(c) The Ethel Barrymore Theatre
(d) The Union Square Theatre

4. 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?
(a) 4
(b) 2
(c) 0
(d) 1

5. What Brecht essay does the author discuss in the Introduction?
(a) Propaganda in Theater
(b) The Epic Theater
(c) Guerrilla Theater
(d) The Street Scene

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Matthew Shepard’s younger brother?

2. At what university did Matthew Shepard study?

3. What is the name of Matthew Shepard’s mother?

4. According to the author in the Introduction, we live in an age when what mediums are “constantly redefining and refining their tools”?

5. When was Bertolt Brecht born?

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