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

2. 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?
(a) Gunshot wounds
(b) Hypothermia
(c) Lung collapse
(d) An amputated arm

3. The first police officer who arrived on the scene and attempted to save Matthew Shepard was informed a few days later that Matthew was positive for what?
(a) Cancer
(b) HIV
(c) Drugs
(d) Bird Flu

4. The Judge states in Act 2 that the officers of the Laramie Police Department observed what inside of the truck of the suspects that belonged to the victim?
(a) A hair comb
(b) A journal
(c) A class ring
(d) A credit card

5. The Reverend Fred Phelps claims in Act 3 that “God’s _____ is pure.”
(a) Love
(b) Intuition
(c) Hatred
(d) Forgiveness

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says in “Moment: Departure” of Act 3, “And I will speak with you, I will trust that if you write a play of this, that you say it right. You need to do your best to say it correct”?

2. Who is described as Matthew Shepard’s academic adviser in Act 2?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kaufman use juxtaposition to create emotion in the audience in Act 2?

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

3. How is the genre of docudrama defined?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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