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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Laramie resident describes being recorded for Hard Copy in Act 2?
(a) Romaine Patterson
(b) Aaron Kreifels
(c) Aaron McKinney
(d) Doc O’Connor

2. According to the author in the Introduction, contemporary “theater has too often remained entrenched in the nineteenth-century traditions of” what?
(a) Religion and politics
(b) Drama and exaggeration
(c) Realism and naturalism
(d) Manners and politeness

3. 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) Murders
(b) Bigots
(c) Crime
(d) Gays

4. Who is described as a “first-term Republican up for reelection” in Act 2?
(a) Doug Laws
(b) Jim Geringer
(c) Reverend Fred Phelps
(d) Jedadiah Schultz

5. Where does the Narrator say Doc O’Connor lives in Act 1?
(a) Missoula
(b) Rock Springs
(c) Bossler
(d) Cody

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the girlfriend of Aaron McKinney at the time of Matthew Shepard’s murder?

2. Who led the Tectonic Theater Project’s group in Laramie as the head writer, according to the Author’s Note?

3. Rulon Stacey states in “Moment: Medical Update” in Act 2 that Matthew Shepard’s major injuries upon arrival at the hospital consisted of a skull fracture and what?

4. Rulon Stacey states in “Moment: Medical Update” in Act 2 that Matthew Shepard was admitted to the hospital in critical condition on what date?

5. The Waco siege began on February 28 of what year?

(see the answer key)

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