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

2. Who submits a statement to the court as the grandmother of Russell Henderson in “Moment: Russell Henderson” of Act 3?
(a) Barbara Pitts
(b) Sherry Johnson
(c) Romaine Patterson
(d) Lucy Thompson

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) Philosophy center
(c) Social hub
(d) Hometown

4. Sergeant Hing claims that the Laramie Police had apprehended the suspects in Matthew Shepard’s beating and murder in less than how much time in Act 2?
(a) 1 day
(b) 3 weeks
(c) 4 days
(d) 12 hours

5. What local reporter refers to the influx of journalists as predators in Act 2?
(a) Tiffany Edwards
(b) Leigh Fondakowski
(c) Matt Mickelson
(d) Greg Pierotti

Short Answer Questions

1. In “Moment: Jury Selection” of Act 3, who claims, “As soon as they started jury selection, you know, everybody was coming into my shop with ‘I don’t want to be on this trial’”?

2. Who was the owner of the Fireside Bar at the time that Matthew Shepard was killed?

3. 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?

4. Who was the bartender at the Fireside Bar on the night that Matthew Shepard was killed?

5. The Judge completes the arraignment in Act 2 by stating that “Said defendants left the victim” how?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How have the rights of homosexuals changed in the past 50 years?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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