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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Oscar Wilde born?
(a) Paris, France
(b) Dublin, Ireland
(c) Sydney, Australia
(d) Warsaw, Poland

2. According to the author in the Introduction, we live in an age when what mediums are “constantly redefining and refining their tools”?
(a) Newspapers and magazines
(b) Good and evil
(c) Film and television
(d) Right and wrong

3. When was James Byrd, Jr. born?
(a) 1933
(b) 1920
(c) 1904
(d) 1949

4. What Brecht essay does the author discuss in the Introduction?
(a) Guerrilla Theater
(b) The Epic Theater
(c) The Street Scene
(d) Propaganda in Theater

5. 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) 2
(b) 11
(c) 9
(d) 6

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does Sergeant Hing say the reporter asked him, completely missing the point, in Act 1?

2. In what year was Matthew Shepard murdered?

3. In Detective Sergeant Hing’s interview in Act 1, Hing states that his grandparents moved to Laramie, Wyoming, when?

4. What did the sign on the University Inn say when the Tectonic Theater Project members entered Laramie, according to Barbara Pitts in Act 1?

5. In Detective Sergeant Hing’s interview in Act 1, Hing states that Wyoming is one of the largest states in the country and the least what?

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