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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. Where did The Laramie Project initially open?
(a) The Guthrie Theater
(b) The Los Angeles Taper Forum
(c) The Denver Center Theater
(d) The Actor’s Theater of San Francisco

2. What did Matthew Shepard choose to major in at college?
(a) Political science
(b) Engineering
(c) English literature
(d) Mathematics

3. The author of the Introduction to The Laramie Project writes: “There are moments in history when a particular event brings the various ideologies and beliefs prevailing in a culture into sharp focus. At these junctures event becomes a” what, of sorts?
(a) Lightning rod
(b) Train crash
(c) Eureka moment
(d) Super Bowl

4. 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) 11
(b) 9
(c) 2
(d) 6

5. What is the name of Matthew Shepard’s younger brother?
(a) Caleb Shepard
(b) William Shepard
(c) Logan Shepard
(d) Oscar Shepard

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Matthew Shepard’s father’s name?

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

3. In what year did The Laramie Project first perform in New York?

4. Who wrote Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde?

5. In what year did Oscar Wilde die?

(see the answer key)

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