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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer 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) Father Roger Schmit
(b) Andy Paris
(c) Zackie Salmon
(d) Matt Mickelson

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

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

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

5. Who is described as a “first-term Republican up for reelection” in Act 2?
(a) Doug Laws
(b) Reverend Fred Phelps
(c) Jim Geringer
(d) Jedadiah Schultz

6. In “Moment: Medical Update” in Act 2, the Narrator announces the “Matthew Shepard update at three P.M., Saturday” on what date?
(a) October 10
(b) December 19
(c) March 5
(d) August 22

7. 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) Philip Dubois
(c) Marge Murray
(d) Aaron McKinney

8. Who was the owner of the Fireside Bar at the time that Matthew Shepard was killed?
(a) Russell Henderson
(b) Harry Woods
(c) Jon Peacock
(d) Matt Mickelson

9. What is the name of Romaine Patterson’s sister in The Laramie Project?
(a) Barbara Pitts
(b) Lucy Thompson
(c) Trish Steger
(d) Tiffany Edwards

10. Who says in “Moment: Epilogue” of Act 3, “On our last trip, I had the good fortune of seeing Jedadiah Schultz play the role of Prior in Angels in America”?
(a) Aaron Kreifels
(b) Dennis Shepard
(c) Andy Paris
(d) Tiffany Edwards

11. What resident of Laramie states that “As a lesbian I was more concerned for my safety” in “Moment: Live and Let Live” of Act 2?
(a) Marge Murray
(b) Rebecca Hilliker
(c) Zackie Salmon
(d) Lucy Thompson

12. When was the Reverend Fred Phelps born?
(a) 1953
(b) 1916
(c) 1941
(d) 1929

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

14. Russell Henderson’s Mormon Home Teacher claims to have known Russell for how many years in “Moment: Russell Henderson” of Act 3?
(a) 14
(b) 25
(c) 35
(d) 21

15. For what television network did Moisés Kaufman adapt and direct The Laramie Project?
(a) PBS
(b) HBO
(c) CNN
(d) ABC

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the title of Moisés Kaufman’s adaptation of Tennessee Williams’s later one-acts?

3. What verdict did the jury reach in the case of Aaron McKinney for the charge of kidnapping?

4. Leigh Fondakowski has been a member of Tectonic Theater Project since what year?

5. What Laramie resident states in Act 2 that he believes the gay community took “this as an advantage, said this is a good time for us to exploit this”?

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