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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. What verdict did the jury reach in the case of Aaron McKinney for the charge of kidnapping?
(a) The charge was dismissed
(b) Innocent by reason of insanity
(c) Not guilty
(d) Guilty

2. Who is the leader of the Mormon Church in Laramie in The Laramie Project?
(a) Reverend Fred Phelps
(b) Dr. Cantway
(c) Father Roger Schmit
(d) Doug Laws

3. In “Moment: Dennis Shepard’s Statement” of Act 3, the Narrator states that who were approached by McKinney’s defense team, pleading for their client’s life?
(a) Matthew Shepard’s parents
(b) Dennis Shepard’s siblings
(c) Dennis Shepard’s coworkers
(d) Matthew Shepard’s grandparents

4. What was the term that was used to refer to the individuals who dressed as angels and assembled around the Westboro Baptist Church protesters at the trial of Russell Henderson?
(a) Humans With Hearts
(b) Angel Action
(c) Gay Justice
(d) Friends of Peace

5. In “Moment: The Essential Facts” in Act 2, the Newspaperperson states that who are being charged with the brutal beating of Matthew Shepard?
(a) Aaron James McKinney and Russell Arthur Henderson
(b) Russell Arthur Henderson and Philip Mitchell Dubois
(c) Philip Mitchell Dubois and Jim Robert Geringer
(d) Philip Mitchell Dubois and Aaron James McKinney

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is described as the chief investigating officer in the case of Matthew Shepard’s murder in “Moment: Seeing Matthew” of Act 2?

2. What refers to a type of editorial bias in mass media in which events and topics in news stories and pieces are over-hyped to increase viewership or readership numbers?

3. In “Moment: Live and Let Live” of Act 2, who says “Well, it’s preached in schools that being gay is okay”?

4. Rulon Stacey states in “Moment: Medical Update” in Act 2 that Matthew Shepard was admitted to the hospital in critical condition at approximately what time?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Wyoming’s history relate to the establishment of equality for Americans?

3. How do the citizens of Laramie feel about the arrival of the media? How do they respond to the trial?

4. How have the rights of homosexuals changed in the past 50 years?

5. What internal conflicts are evident in the citizens of Laramie in the play?

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

7. What internal conflict does Jedadiah present in “Moment: Live and Let Live” of Act 2?

8. What is the Society for Human Rights? When was it established?

9. What takes place in the beginning of Act 3?

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

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