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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who joined the writing team for Tectonic Theater Project’s production of The Laramie Project as “an associate writer and ‘bench coach’” according to the Author’s Note?
(a) Sherry Johnson
(b) Jon Peacock
(c) Greg Pierotti
(d) Stephen Wangh

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

3. The limousine driver in Act 1 claims, “They say that the Wyoming” what will “drive a man insane”?
(a) Owls
(b) Trout
(c) Snow
(d) Wind

4. What Laramie resident claims to have moved to Laramie from rural Texas in Act 1?
(a) Zackie Salmon
(b) Stephen Belber
(c) Matt Galloway
(d) Catherine Connolly

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?
(a) Lightning rod
(b) Eureka moment
(c) Train crash
(d) Super Bowl

Short Answer Questions

1. At what university did Matthew Shepard study?

2. Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde deals with Oscar Wilde's three trials on the matter of his relationship with whom?

3. In Detective Sergeant Hing’s interview in Act 1, Hing states that his family is what generation in Laramie, Wyoming?

4. In what year was Matthew Shepard born?

5. What book did Matthew Shepard’s mother author discussing Matthew’s murder?

(see the answer key)

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