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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the bartender at the Fireside Bar on the night that Matthew Shepard was killed?
(a) Matt Galloway
(b) Russell Henderson
(c) Aaron Kreifels
(d) Andy Paris

2. What question does Sergeant Hing say the reporter asked him, completely missing the point, in Act 1?
(a) How cold does it get here?
(b) Who in the hell would want to run out here?
(c) Are there bears out here?
(d) What’s the population of Laramie?

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?
(a) Train crash
(b) Eureka moment
(c) Lightning rod
(d) Super Bowl

4. Who sets up a vigil as Matt lies dying in the hospital and is disappointed when other ministers in the town will not become involved?
(a) Marge Murray
(b) Father Roger Schmit
(c) Reverend Fred Phelps
(d) Philip Dubois

5. What Laramie resident states in Act 2 that he believes if this “had been a heterosexual these two boys decided to take out and rob, this never would have made national news”?
(a) Bill McKinney
(b) Rob DeBree
(c) Reggie Fluty
(d) Matt Galloway

Short Answer Questions

1. The president of the University of Wyoming states that he lets his children play out at night until what time in Act 1?

2. Who was the owner of the Fireside Bar at the time that Matthew Shepard was killed?

3. It was February of what year that Matthew Shepard was beaten and raped during a high school trip?

4. The Reverend Fred Phelps claims in Act 3 that “God’s _____ is pure.”

5. Who was the judge that presided over the case of the State of Wyoming versus Aaron James McKinney?

(see the answer key)

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