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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In “Moment: Live and Let Live” from Act 2, Sergeant Hing says that Laramie has “one of the most vocal populations of” what in the state?
(a) Women
(b) College students
(c) Bigots
(d) Gay people

2. What Laramie resident states in Act 2 that he believes the gay community took “this as an advantage, said this is a good time for us to exploit this”?
(a) Father Roger Schmit
(b) Russell Henderson
(c) Gil Engen
(d) Reverend Fred Phelps

3. Who is described as the chief investigating officer in the case of Matthew Shepard’s murder in “Moment: Seeing Matthew” of Act 2?
(a) Chief Maxwell Southerland
(b) Sergeant Mark Thompson
(c) Commander Thomas Rodgers
(d) Detective Rob DeBree

4. 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) Stephen Wangh
(c) Jon Peacock
(d) Greg Pierotti

5. When was Oscar Wilde born?
(a) 1854
(b) 1829
(c) 1912
(d) 1897

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the author’s note about the text, he claims that “When writing this play, we used a technique I developed called” what?

3. The limousine driver in Act 1 claims, “They say that the Wyoming” what will “drive a man insane”?

4. What Laramie resident describes being recorded for Hard Copy in Act 2?

5. In Detective Sergeant Hing’s interview in Act 1, Hing states that all the towns of southern Wyoming are laid out and spaced because of what coming through?

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