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

2. Catherine Connolly states in Act 2 that there were probably about how many people from town at the arraignment?
(a) 140
(b) 50
(c) 100
(d) 27

3. What is the name of Matthew Shepard’s mother?
(a) Anna Shepard
(b) Judy Shepard
(c) Mary Shepard
(d) Martha Shepard

4. When was James Byrd, Jr. born?
(a) 1933
(b) 1949
(c) 1904
(d) 1920

5. According to the author in the Introduction, every project Tectonic Theater Project undertakes as a company has two objectives. What is the second?
(a) To explore theatrical language and form
(b) To examine the subject matter at hand
(c) To explain current events
(d) To expose political and religious viewpoints

Short Answer Questions

1. What sect leader was killed in the Waco siege?

2. What resident of Laramie states that “As a lesbian I was more concerned for my safety” in “Moment: Live and Let Live” of Act 2?

3. What Laramie resident states in the play, “My secret hope was that they were from somewhere else, that then of course you can create that distance: We don’t grow children like that here. Well, it’s pretty clear that we do grow children like that here …”?

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?

5. What refers to a type of editorial bias in mass media in which events and topics in news stories and pieces are over-hyped to increase viewership or readership numbers?

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