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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. According to Catherine Connolly in Act 2, the arraignment lasted how long?
(a) 5 minutes
(b) 20 minutes
(c) 6 hours
(d) 2 hours

2. In “Moment: Live and Let Live” of Act 2, who says “Well, it’s preached in schools that being gay is okay”?
(a) Dennis Shepard
(b) Aaron Kreifels
(c) Doc O'Connor
(d) Conrad Miller

3. What does the Judge say is the recommended sentence for the crime of Russell Henderson in “Moment: Russell Henderson” of Act 3?
(a) 50 years
(b) 35 years
(c) Two life sentences
(d) 85 years

4. In Act 3, the Reverend Fred Phelps claims that “the fags are bringing us out here trying to make Matthew Shepard into a poster boy for” what?
(a) Justice
(b) The gay lifestyle
(c) Innocence
(d) The counterculture

5. Russell Henderson’s Mormon Home Teacher claims to have known Russell for how many years in “Moment: Russell Henderson” of Act 3?
(a) 25
(b) 35
(c) 14
(d) 21

Short Answer Questions

1. What is repeated by several of the play’s characters as being the unsaid motto of the people of Laramie?

2. For what newspaper does Kerry Drake report in The Laramie Project?

3. According to the Narrator in Act 3, the trial of Russell Henderson was to be what type of trial?

4. Romaine Patterson claims in “Moment: Epilogue” of Act 3 that in the past year she has changed her major and will be studying what?

5. In “Moment: The Essential Facts” in Act 2, the Newspaperperson states that who are being charged with the brutal beating of Matthew Shepard?

Short Essay Questions

1. What story is related by Reggie Fluty in “Moment: Seeing Matthew” of Act 2?

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

3. What historical incident sparked the gay-rights movement in the United States?

4. How does Romaine Patterson respond to the Reverend Fred Phelps in Act 3?

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

6. How is the genre of docudrama defined?

7. How is The Laramie Project structured?

8. What question is left open-ended regarding the murder of Matthew Shepard in the play?

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

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

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