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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. On what date did the United States Congress pass the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act?
(a) December 29, 2007
(b) June 16, 2001
(c) May 3, 2004
(d) October 22, 2009

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

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

4. Who wrote Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde?
(a) Frank Galati
(b) Terrence McNally
(c) Neil Simon
(d) Moisés Kaufman

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who led the Tectonic Theater Project’s group in Laramie as the head writer, according to the Author’s Note?

3. It was February of what year that Matthew Shepard was beaten and raped during a high school trip?

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?

5. 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?

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