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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: The Gem City of the Plains” from Act 2, Newsperson 1 says that there are no more what per capita in Wyoming than there are in New York, Florida, or California?
(a) Gays
(b) Bigots
(c) Crime
(d) Murders

2. In Detective Sergeant Hing’s interview in Act 1, Hing states that his family is what generation in Laramie, Wyoming?
(a) Second
(b) Fourth
(c) Fifth
(d) Third

3. Who interviews Detective Sergeant Hing in the beginning of Act 1?
(a) Greg Pierotti
(b) Harry Woods
(c) Matt Mickelson
(d) Philip Dubois

4. Who discovered the body of Matthew Shepard?
(a) Lucy Thompson
(b) Aaron Kreifels
(c) Jon Peacock
(d) Sherry Johnson

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in the Introduction, when he and the members of the Tectonic Theater Project traveled to Laramie, Wyoming, they did not know that they would devote how much time to the project?

2. Sergeant Hing claims that the Laramie Police had apprehended the suspects in Matthew Shepard’s beating and murder in less than how much time in Act 2?

3. 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?

4. What is the name of Romaine Patterson’s sister in The Laramie Project?

5. On what date did the United States Congress pass the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act?

(see the answer key)

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