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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose mother worked in a roundhouse, according to the narrative in Act 1?
(a) Dennis Shepard’s
(b) Amanda Gronich’s
(c) Matt Mickelson’s
(d) Marge Murray’s

2. At what university did Matthew Shepard study?
(a) The University of Colorado
(b) The University of Alaska
(c) The University of Montana
(d) The University of Wyoming

3. What is Matthew Shepard’s father’s name?
(a) Roger Shepard
(b) Dennis Shepard
(c) James Shepard
(d) Mark Shepard

4. According to the author in the Author’s Note, during the development of the play, the members of the Tectonic Theater Project traveled to Laramie how many times to conduct interviews?
(a) 2
(b) 11
(c) 9
(d) 6

5. Jedadiah Schultz says in Act 1 that his parents reacted how when he told them he would be doing a scene from Angels in America for a high school competition?
(a) They refused to attend
(b) They called their friends to attend
(c) They bought him a car
(d) They offered to pay for medical school

Short Answer Questions

1. James Byrd, Jr. was murdered by three men who asserted to be what?

2. What did the sign on the University Inn say when the Tectonic Theater Project members entered Laramie, according to Barbara Pitts in Act 1?

3. When was Oscar Wilde born?

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

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

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