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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the trial of Russell Henderson held?
(a) The Albany County Courthouse
(b) The Sweetwater County Courthouse
(c) The Big Horn County Courthouse
(d) The Hot Springs County Courthouse

2. The Judge states in Act 2 that the officers of the Laramie Police Department observed what inside of the truck of the suspects that belonged to the victim?
(a) A class ring
(b) A hair comb
(c) A journal
(d) A credit card

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

4. In what year was The Laramie Project first performed in Laramie, Wyoming, according to the author of the Introduction?
(a) 1999
(b) 2003
(c) 2000
(d) 2007

5. Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde deals with Oscar Wilde's three trials on the matter of his relationship with whom?
(a) Russell Henderson
(b) Jim Geringer
(c) Lord Alfred Douglas
(d) Reverend Fred Phelps

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Matthew Shepard’s younger brother?

2. What is repeated by several of the play’s characters as being the unsaid motto of the people of Laramie?

3. At what theater did The Laramie Project first perform in New York?

4. Who says in “Moment: Departure” of Act 3, “And I will speak with you, I will trust that if you write a play of this, that you say it right. You need to do your best to say it correct”?

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

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