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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 in the play as the first police officer on the scene when Matthew Shepard’s body was discovered?
(a) Philip Dubois
(b) Reggie Fluty
(c) Aaron McKinney
(d) Marge Murray

2. When did Bertolt Brecht die?
(a) 1956
(b) 1933
(c) 1997
(d) 1916

3. 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) Matt Galloway
(c) Reggie Fluty
(d) Rob DeBree

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The limousine driver in Act 1 claims, “They say that the Wyoming” what will “drive a man insane”?

2. At what university did Matthew Shepard study?

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”?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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