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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Matthew Shepard beaten and raped during a high school trip, causing him to experience depression and panic attacks?
(a) Germany
(b) Vietnam
(c) Morocco
(d) Mexico

2. What sect leader was killed in the Waco siege?
(a) Robert Edwards
(b) Jim Jones
(c) Charles Manson
(d) David Koresh

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

4. Who does Andy Paris interview in Act 1?
(a) Doug Laws
(b) Sherry Johnson
(c) Rebecca Hilliker
(d) Trish Steger

5. The limousine driver in Act 1 claims, “They say that the Wyoming” what will “drive a man insane”?
(a) Wind
(b) Snow
(c) Owls
(d) Trout

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was Matthew Shepard born?

3. How many weeks after the murder of Matthew Shepard did the author and members of the Tectonic Theater Project travel to Laramie, Wyoming to collect interviews?

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

5. The waitress Debbie claims to have been born in what year in Act 1?

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