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

2. Who led the Tectonic Theater Project’s group in Laramie as the head writer, according to the Author’s Note?
(a) Greg Pierotti
(b) Stephen Belber
(c) Stephen Wangh
(d) Leigh Fondakowski

3. How many members of the Tectonic Theater Project traveled to Laramie, Wyoming, along with Moisés Kaufman to collect interviews?
(a) 2
(b) 9
(c) 12
(d) 4

4. In what year was Matthew Shepard murdered?
(a) 1992
(b) 2001
(c) 1998
(d) 1995

5. In what year did The Laramie Project first perform in New York?
(a) 2004
(b) 2009
(c) 1998
(d) 2000

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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?

4. According to the author in the Introduction, every project Tectonic Theater Project undertakes as a company has two objectives. What is the first?

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

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