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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who states in “Moment: A Death Penalty Case” of Act 3, “I don’t believe that one person should be killed as redemption for his having killed another. Two wrongs don’t make a right.”?
(a) Dr. Cantway
(b) Matt Galloway
(c) Reverend Fred Phelps
(d) Father Roger Schmit

2. According to the Narrator in Act 3, the trial of Russell Henderson was to be what type of trial?
(a) Capital murder
(b) Involuntary manslaughter
(c) Assault with a deadly weapon
(d) Aggravated assault

3. Who says in “Moment: Epilogue” of Act 3, “On our last trip, I had the good fortune of seeing Jedadiah Schultz play the role of Prior in Angels in America”?
(a) Andy Paris
(b) Aaron Kreifels
(c) Dennis Shepard
(d) Tiffany Edwards

4. Who decided to organize a group of individuals to assemble around the Westboro Baptist Church protesters dressed as angels at the trial of Russell Henderson?
(a) Marge Murray
(b) Harry Woods
(c) Romaine Patterson
(d) Rob DeBree

5. Who is described as Matthew Shepard’s academic adviser in Act 2?
(a) Rebecca Hilliker
(b) John Peacock
(c) Stephen Belber
(d) Matt Galloway

Short Answer Questions

1. Rulon Stacey states in “Moment: Medical Update” in Act 2 that Matthew Shepard’s major injuries upon arrival at the hospital consisted of a skull fracture and what?

2. The Judge completes the arraignment in Act 2 by stating that “Said defendants left the victim” how?

3. Who was the girlfriend of Aaron McKinney at the time of Matthew Shepard’s murder?

4. For what television network did Moisés Kaufman adapt and direct The Laramie Project?

5. According to Catherine Connolly in Act 2, the arraignment lasted how long?

Short Essay Questions

1. What internal conflict is illustrated in the character of Dennis Shepard in Act 3?

2. What statement does Matthew Shepard’s father make in Aaron McKinney’s sentencing?

3. What sentencing does Russell Henderson receive in Act 3?

4. How is the genre of docudrama defined?

5. What external conflicts are established among the citizens of Laramie in the play?

6. What follows the funeral of Matthew Shepard in Act 3?

7. How is the trial of Aaron McKinney described in Act 3? What verdict does the jury find?

8. How is The Laramie Project structured?

9. What regrets do the citizens of Laramie express in Act 2?

10. How is prejudice defined? What role does it play in The Laramie Project?

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