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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 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) Dramatism
(b) Politicism
(c) Moralism
(d) Sensationalism

2. In “Moment: Aaron McKinney” of Act 3, who is played in a tape recording questioning Aaron McKinney?
(a) Sergeant Rob DeBree
(b) Father Roger Schmit
(c) Jim Geringer
(d) Greg Pierotti

3. In “Moment: The Gem City of the Plains” from Act 2, Newsperson 3 says that Laramie “bills itself as Wyoming’s” what?
(a) Conscience
(b) Social hub
(c) Hometown
(d) Philosophy center

4. Who is described in the play as the first police officer on the scene when Matthew Shepard’s body was discovered?
(a) Reggie Fluty
(b) Marge Murray
(c) Aaron McKinney
(d) Philip Dubois

5. 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) The gay lifestyle
(b) Justice
(c) Innocence
(d) The counterculture

Short Answer Questions

1. What Laramie resident describes being recorded for Hard Copy in Act 2?

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

3. Catherine Connolly states in Act 2 that there were probably about how many people from town at the arraignment?

4. Who describes the day of Matthew Shepard’s funeral in the beginning of “Moment: Snow” in Act 3?

5. Who states in “Moment: Departure” of Act 3 that Doc O’Connor asked him if he wanted to ghostwrite a book about the event?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What interspersed speeches appear in Act 2? What scene follows the first speech?

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

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

5. How does Act 2 begin? What is the subject of the first interviews?

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

7. What public support is shown for Matthew in Laramie’s community in Act 2?

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

9. In the past, legislative attempts to define hate crimes have sparked national debate. Should the definitions include crimes committed against disabled people or people of different nationalities?

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

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