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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, “Oh, I believe in the death penalty one hundred percent. You know, because I want to make sure that guy’s ass dies. This is one instance where I truly believe with all my heart an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.”?
(a) Andy Paris
(b) Father Roger Schmit
(c) Zackie Salmon
(d) Matt Mickelson

2. Who says in “Moment: Epilogue” of Act 3, “We shot down the villains. We sent the prostitutes on the train. The town’s cleaned up, and we don’t need to talk about it anymore”?
(a) Jonas Slonaker
(b) Aaron Kreifels
(c) Sergeant Hing
(d) Reverend Fred Phelps

3. Catherine Connolly states in Act 2 that there were probably about how many people from town at the arraignment?
(a) 50
(b) 140
(c) 27
(d) 100

4. 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?
(a) Sensationalism
(b) Moralism
(c) Dramatism
(d) Politicism

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In “Moment: The Gem City of the Plains” from Act 2, Newsperson 1 says “It’s a tough business, as Matt Shepard knew, as his friends all knew, to be gay in” what?

2. In “Moment: The Gem City of the Plains” from Act 2, Newsperson 2 says that “Aaron McKinney and his friend Russell Henderson came from” where?

3. What Laramie resident states in Act 2 that he believes if this “had been a heterosexual these two boys decided to take out and rob, this never would have made national news”?

4. The Reverend Fred Phelps claims in Act 3 that “God’s _____ is pure.”

5. What does the Judge say is the recommended sentence for the crime of Russell Henderson in “Moment: Russell Henderson” of Act 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is the objective of the Reverend Fred Phelps in the play?

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

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

8. How is The Laramie Project structured?

9. What characters represent the theme of prejudice in The Laramie Project?

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

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