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

2. 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) Super Bowl
(b) Lightning rod
(c) Train crash
(d) Eureka moment

3. It was February of what year that Matthew Shepard was beaten and raped during a high school trip?
(a) 1995
(b) 1991
(c) 1988
(d) 1983

4. Who were the Tectonic Theater Project’s associate writers who led the group in Laramie, according to the Author’s Note?
(a) Stephen Belber and Greg Pierotti
(b) Leigh Fondakowski and Jon Peacock
(c) Greg Pierotti and Leigh Fondakowski
(d) Stephen Belber and Jim Geringer

5. In what year was The Laramie Project first performed in Laramie, Wyoming, according to the author of the Introduction?
(a) 2003
(b) 1999
(c) 2000
(d) 2007

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At what university did Matthew Shepard study?

3. When was Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde published?

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. When did Bertolt Brecht die?

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