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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. What book did Matthew Shepard’s mother author discussing Matthew’s murder?
(a) Matthew, Tell me about Heaven: A Firsthand Description of the Afterlife
(b) Laramie Holds the Range
(c) The Meaning of Matthew: My Son's Murder in Laramie, and a World Transformed
(d) The Man from Laramie

2. Who were the Tectonic Theater Project’s associate writers who led the group in Laramie, according to the Author’s Note?
(a) Stephen Belber and Greg Pierotti
(b) Greg Pierotti and Leigh Fondakowski
(c) Leigh Fondakowski and Jon Peacock
(d) Stephen Belber and Jim Geringer

3. What is Matthew Shepard’s father’s name?
(a) Mark Shepard
(b) Roger Shepard
(c) James Shepard
(d) Dennis Shepard

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

5. At what theater did The Laramie Project first perform in New York?
(a) The Union Square Theatre
(b) The Ethel Barrymore Theatre
(c) The Al Hirschfield Theatre
(d) The St. James Theatre

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. Where was Matthew Shepard beaten and raped during a high school trip, causing him to experience depression and panic attacks?

4. Who designed the original set for the premiere production of The Laramie Project?

5. According to the author in the Introduction, every project Tectonic Theater Project undertakes as a company has two objectives. What is the second?

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