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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 East Coast
(b) Canada
(c) Hawaii
(d) The Midwest

2. In the course of the authors’ travels to Laramie, Wyoming, they conducted more than how many interviews according to the author of the Introduction?
(a) 120
(b) 200
(c) 75
(d) 35

3. In “Moment: The Gem City of the Plains” from Act 2, Newsperson 1 says that there are no more what per capita in Wyoming than there are in New York, Florida, or California?
(a) Murders
(b) Bigots
(c) Gays
(d) Crime

4. In the staging notes, the author describes the set of The Laramie Project as what?
(a) A performance space
(b) A medieval hut
(c) A church
(d) A town square

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Rulon Stacey states in “Moment: Medical Update” in Act 2 that Matthew Shepard was admitted to the hospital in critical condition at approximately what time?

2. Where was the poet, playwright and director Bertolt Brecht born?

3. What did the Welcome to Laramie sign say the population was when the Tectonic Theater Project members arrived, according to Barbara Pitts in Act 1?

4. Who does Andy Paris interview in Act 1?

5. Who is described as being the president of the University of Wyoming in Act 1?

(see the answer key)

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