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

2. What Laramie resident states in Act 2 that he believes if this “had been a heterosexual these two boys decided to take out and rob, this never would have made national news”?
(a) Bill McKinney
(b) Rob DeBree
(c) Reggie Fluty
(d) Matt Galloway

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

4. 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’”?
(a) Harry Woods
(b) Jon Peacock
(c) Trish Steger
(d) Sherry Johnson

5. 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) 11:12 p.m.
(b) 7:50 p.m.
(c) 9:15 p.m.
(d) 3:39 a.m.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. Who is described in the play as the first police officer on the scene when Matthew Shepard’s body was discovered?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is The Laramie Project structured?

4. 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?

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

6. What story is related by Reggie Fluty in “Moment: Seeing Matthew” of Act 2?

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

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

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

10. What is the Society for Human Rights? When was it established?

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