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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. Rulon Stacey states in “Moment: Medical Update” in Act 2 that Matthew Shepard was admitted to the hospital in critical condition on what date?
(a) October 7
(b) January 16
(c) September 28
(d) July 9

2. What is repeated by several of the play’s characters as being the unsaid motto of the people of Laramie?
(a) Live and let live
(b) Freedom for all
(c) Don’t judge
(d) Love everybody

3. 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?
(a) 7:50 p.m.
(b) 3:39 a.m.
(c) 9:15 p.m.
(d) 11:12 p.m.

4. In “Moment: Gay Panic” of Act 3, who says, “When that defense team argued that McKinney did what he did because Matthew made a pass at him … I just wanted to vomit, because that’s like saying that it’s okay.”?
(a) Zackie Salmon
(b) Greg Pierotti
(c) Matt Galloway
(d) Reggie Fluty

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The first police officer who arrived on the scene and attempted to save Matthew Shepard states that she had been building a lean-to for what animals, causing open cuts on her hands in Act 2?

2. Where is the Westboro Baptist Church based?

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

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?

5. Who discovered the body of Matthew Shepard?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is remarked in the play about the publicity of the Matthew Shepard murder case?

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

6. How is the phrase “Live and let live” used for contrast in the play?

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

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

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

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

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