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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When was Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde published?
(a) 1997
(b) 1985
(c) 1983
(d) 1992

3. How many members of the Tectonic Theater Project traveled to Laramie, Wyoming, along with Moisés Kaufman to collect interviews?
(a) 12
(b) 9
(c) 4
(d) 2

4. According to the author in the Author’s Note, during the development of the play, the members of the Tectonic Theater Project traveled to Laramie how many times to conduct interviews?
(a) 9
(b) 2
(c) 11
(d) 6

5. When was Oscar Wilde born?
(a) 1829
(b) 1854
(c) 1897
(d) 1912

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In what year was The Laramie Project first performed in Laramie, Wyoming, according to the author of the Introduction?

3. According to the author in the costuming and staging notes, The Laramie Project should be an event driven by what?

4. Whose mother worked in a roundhouse, according to the narrative in Act 1?

5. In what year was Matthew Shepard murdered?

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