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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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

2. Who was the bartender at the Fireside Bar on the night that Matthew Shepard was killed?
(a) Aaron Kreifels
(b) Andy Paris
(c) Matt Galloway
(d) Russell Henderson

3. According to the author in the Introduction, contemporary “theater has too often remained entrenched in the nineteenth-century traditions of” what?
(a) Religion and politics
(b) Realism and naturalism
(c) Manners and politeness
(d) Drama and exaggeration

4. What is the name of Matthew Shepard’s mother?
(a) Martha Shepard
(b) Judy Shepard
(c) Mary Shepard
(d) Anna Shepard

5. Moisés Kaufman claims in Act 1 that “Today Leigh tried to explain to me to no avail what” what was?
(a) Elk burgers
(b) Jumbo shrimp
(c) Chicken fried steak
(d) Fried ice cream

Short Answer Questions

1. Doc O’Connor claims that the trains that go by where he lives pass every how many minutes in Act 1?

2. In “Moment: The Essential Facts” in Act 2, the Newspaperperson states that the focus is on what courthouse?

3. When was Bertolt Brecht born?

4. Who claims in Act 1, “But Wyoming, unless you’re a professional, well, the bulk of the people are working minimum-wage jobs”?

5. Who is described as the head of the theater department at the University of Wyoming in Act 1?

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