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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 6
(c) 11
(d) 9

2. In “Moment: The Essential Facts” in Act 2, the Newspaperperson states that the focus is on what courthouse?
(a) The Carbon County Courthouse
(b) The Crook County Courthouse
(c) The Albany County Courthouse
(d) The Teton County Courthouse

3. In Waco, Texas, a siege was initiated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation which lasted how many days?
(a) 5
(b) 12
(c) 28
(d) 50

4. For what television network did Moisés Kaufman adapt and direct The Laramie Project?
(a) HBO
(b) CNN
(c) PBS
(d) ABC

5. In “Moment: Jury Selection” of Act 3, who claims, “As soon as they started jury selection, you know, everybody was coming into my shop with ‘I don’t want to be on this trial’”?
(a) Sherry Johnson
(b) Jon Peacock
(c) Trish Steger
(d) Harry Woods

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Matthew Shepard choose to major in at college?

2. Where did The Laramie Project initially open?

3. In what year did The Laramie Project first perform in New York?

4. The Judge states in Act 2 that the officers of the Laramie Police Department observed what inside of the truck of the suspects that belonged to the victim?

5. Who is described as a “first-term Republican up for reelection” in Act 2?

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