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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is described as a “first-term Republican up for reelection” in Act 2?
(a) Jim Geringer
(b) Doug Laws
(c) Reverend Fred Phelps
(d) Jedadiah Schultz

2. In “Moment: The Essential Facts” in Act 2, the Newspaperperson states that who are being charged with the brutal beating of Matthew Shepard?
(a) Russell Arthur Henderson and Philip Mitchell Dubois
(b) Aaron James McKinney and Russell Arthur Henderson
(c) Philip Mitchell Dubois and Aaron James McKinney
(d) Philip Mitchell Dubois and Jim Robert Geringer

3. What Laramie resident states in Act 2 that he believes the gay community took “this as an advantage, said this is a good time for us to exploit this”?
(a) Gil Engen
(b) Reverend Fred Phelps
(c) Russell Henderson
(d) Father Roger Schmit

4. The head of the theater department at the University of Wyoming states that she has found the people of Laramie to be nicer than those where that she used to teach?
(a) The Midwest
(b) Canada
(c) The East Coast
(d) Hawaii

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Sergeant Hing claims that the Laramie Police had apprehended the suspects in Matthew Shepard’s beating and murder in less than how much time in Act 2?

2. Bertolt Brecht was a part of a theatrical movement called what?

3. Who developed the original music for the premiere production of The Laramie Project?

4. Who was the girlfriend of Russell Henderson at the time of Matthew Shepard’s murder?

5. What did Matthew Shepard choose to major in at college?

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