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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction and Author’s Note.

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) Eureka moment
(b) Lightning rod
(c) Super Bowl
(d) Train crash

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

3. What is the name of Matthew Shepard’s younger brother?
(a) Oscar Shepard
(b) Logan Shepard
(c) Caleb Shepard
(d) William Shepard

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 examine the subject matter at hand
(d) To explain current events

5. According to the author in the Introduction, when he and the members of the Tectonic Theater Project traveled to Laramie, Wyoming, they did not know that they would devote how much time to the project?
(a) 2 years
(b) 11 months
(c) 5 months
(d) 4 years

Short Answer Questions

1. It was February of what year that Matthew Shepard was beaten and raped during a high school trip?

2. Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde deals with Oscar Wilde's three trials on the matter of his relationship with whom?

3. In what year was Matthew Shepard born?

4. How many members of the Tectonic Theater Project traveled to Laramie, Wyoming, along with Moisés Kaufman to collect interviews?

5. 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?

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