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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Doc O’Connor in Act 1, the trains used to carry cattle but now all they carry is what?
(a) Coal and lumber
(b) Grain and milk
(c) Chemicals and metal
(d) Diapers and cars

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

3. What did the sign on the University Inn say when the Tectonic Theater Project members entered Laramie, according to Barbara Pitts in Act 1?
(a) Peace be with you
(b) God bless everyone
(c) Laramie mourns
(d) Hate is not a Laramie value

4. Who was the owner of the Fireside Bar at the time that Matthew Shepard was killed?
(a) Jon Peacock
(b) Matt Mickelson
(c) Russell Henderson
(d) Harry Woods

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Matthew Shepard born?

2. 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?

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

4. Greg Pierotti claims in “Moment: Journal Entries” of Act 1, that he swore he heard what the moment he crossed the Wyoming border?

5. Where was the Reverend Fred Phelps born?

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