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

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

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

4. According to the author in the Introduction, contemporary “theater has too often remained entrenched in the nineteenth-century traditions of” what?
(a) Religion and politics
(b) Realism and naturalism
(c) Drama and exaggeration
(d) Manners and politeness

5. What is the name of Matthew Shepard’s mother?
(a) Judy Shepard
(b) Mary Shepard
(c) Martha Shepard
(d) Anna Shepard

Short Answer Questions

1. At what university did Matthew Shepard study?

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

3. Who developed the original music for the premiere production of The Laramie Project?

4. Where was Matthew Shepard beaten and raped during a high school trip, causing him to experience depression and panic attacks?

5. Who were the Tectonic Theater Project’s associate writers who led the group in Laramie, according to the Author’s Note?

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