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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did James Byrd, Jr. die?
(a) 1983
(b) 1962
(c) 1978
(d) 1998

2. Who was the girlfriend of Aaron McKinney at the time of Matthew Shepard’s murder?
(a) Romaine Patterson
(b) Catherine Connolly
(c) Kristen Price
(d) Rebecca Hilliker

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

4. According to the author in the Introduction, every project Tectonic Theater Project undertakes as a company has two objectives. What is the first?
(a) To expose political and religious viewpoints
(b) To explore theatrical language and form
(c) To explain current events
(d) To examine the subject matter at hand

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Catherine Connolly states that the arraignment took place on what day of the week in Act 2?

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. Catherine Connolly states in Act 2 that there were probably about how many people from town at the arraignment?

4. Who does Andy Paris interview in Act 1?

5. In the staging notes, the author describes the set of The Laramie Project as what?

(see the answer key)

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