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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 costuming and staging notes, The Laramie Project should be an event driven by what?
(a) Acting
(b) Lighting
(c) Scenery
(d) Costumes

2. In “Moment: Vigils” of Act 2, the narrator states that how many people attended a vigil in Los Angeles for Matthew Shepard?
(a) 3,700
(b) 2,200
(c) 5,000
(d) 8,500

3. Who is described as the head of the theater department at the University of Wyoming in Act 1?
(a) Rebecca Hilliker
(b) Marge Murray
(c) Bill McKinney
(d) Philip Dubois

4. Doc O’Connor claims that the trains that go by where he lives pass every how many minutes in Act 1?
(a) 35
(b) 22
(c) 13
(d) 58

5. Who designed the original set for the premiere production of The Laramie Project?
(a) Sherry Johnson
(b) Doug Laws
(c) Andy Paris
(d) Robert Brill

Short Answer Questions

1. What Laramie resident describes being recorded for Hard Copy in Act 2?

2. Who is described in the play as the first police officer on the scene when Matthew Shepard’s body was discovered?

3. Who claims in “Moment: Seeing Matthew” of Act 2, “Ultimately, no matter how you dice it, I did have an opportunity”?

4. When was Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde published?

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

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