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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) 8:30 p.m.
(b) 11 p.m.
(c) 1 a.m.
(d) 9 p.m.

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

3. On what date did the United States Congress pass the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act?
(a) May 3, 2004
(b) June 16, 2001
(c) October 22, 2009
(d) December 29, 2007

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

5. When was Bertolt Brecht born?
(a) 1948
(b) 1898
(c) 1854
(d) 1933

6. In what year did Oscar Wilde die?
(a) 1974
(b) 1951
(c) 1900
(d) 1935

7. 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) Chemicals and metal
(c) Grain and milk
(d) Diapers and cars

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

9. Who interviews Detective Sergeant Hing in the beginning of Act 1?
(a) Philip Dubois
(b) Greg Pierotti
(c) Harry Woods
(d) Matt Mickelson

10. The Narrator states in the beginning of Act 1 that the members of the Tectonic Theater Project traveled to Laramie, Wyoming, on what date?
(a) May 11, 2000
(b) February 18, 1999
(c) July 4, 1997
(d) November 14, 1998

11. In what year was Matthew Shepard born?
(a) 1982
(b) 1976
(c) 1991
(d) 1971

12. In Detective Sergeant Hing’s interview in Act 1, Hing states that his grandparents moved to Laramie, Wyoming, when?
(a) Early 1900s
(b) Mid 1800s
(c) Mid 1700s
(d) Late 1800s

13. What is the name of Matthew Shepard’s younger brother?
(a) Logan Shepard
(b) William Shepard
(c) Oscar Shepard
(d) Caleb Shepard

14. James Byrd, Jr. was murdered by three men who asserted to be what?
(a) White supremacists
(b) Peace activists
(c) College educated
(d) Policemen

15. In what year did The Laramie Project first perform in New York?
(a) 1998
(b) 2009
(c) 2000
(d) 2004

Short Answer Questions

1. Doc O’Connor claims that the trains that go by where he lives pass every how many minutes in Act 1?

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

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

4. According to the author in the Introduction, when he and the members of the Tectonic Theater Project traveled to Laramie, Wyoming, they did not know that they would devote how much time to the project?

5. Where does April Silva say she grew up in Act 1?

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