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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Detective Sergeant Hing’s interview in Act 1, Hing states that his family is what generation in Laramie, Wyoming?
(a) Second
(b) Fourth
(c) Fifth
(d) Third

2. Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde deals with Oscar Wilde's three trials on the matter of his relationship with whom?
(a) Russell Henderson
(b) Lord Alfred Douglas
(c) Jim Geringer
(d) Reverend Fred Phelps

3. 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) Super Bowl
(b) Eureka moment
(c) Lightning rod
(d) Train crash

4. In what year was The Laramie Project first performed in Laramie, Wyoming, according to the author of the Introduction?
(a) 1999
(b) 2000
(c) 2003
(d) 2007

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Greg Pierotti claims in “Moment: Journal Entries” of Act 1, that he swore he heard what the moment he crossed the Wyoming border?

2. What sect leader was killed in the Waco siege?

3. In what year was Matthew Shepard murdered?

4. When did Bertolt Brecht die?

5. Who were the Tectonic Theater Project’s associate writers who led the group in Laramie, according to the Author’s Note?

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