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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The head of the theater department at the University of Wyoming states that she has found the people of Laramie to be nicer than those where that she used to teach?
(a) Hawaii
(b) The East Coast
(c) The Midwest
(d) Canada

2. Who claims in Act 1, “But Wyoming, unless you’re a professional, well, the bulk of the people are working minimum-wage jobs”?
(a) Reverend Fred Phelps
(b) Alison Mears
(c) Lucy Thompson
(d) Romaine Patterson

3. Where was the poet, playwright and director Bertolt Brecht born?
(a) Morocco
(b) Spain
(c) Germany
(d) India

4. At what university did Matthew Shepard study?
(a) The University of Colorado
(b) The University of Montana
(c) The University of Alaska
(d) The University of Wyoming

5. When did Bertolt Brecht die?
(a) 1956
(b) 1933
(c) 1997
(d) 1916

Short Answer Questions

1. At what theater did The Laramie Project first perform in New York?

2. Who interviews Detective Sergeant Hing in the beginning of Act 1?

3. 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?

4. What does Barbara Pitts say the first thing to welcome them was when they arrived in Laramie in Act 1?

5. What is the name of Matthew Shepard’s mother?

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