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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. For how many hours was Matthew Shepard abandoned and tied to a fence before being discovered?
(a) 7 hours
(b) 18 hours
(c) 4 hours
(d) 23 hours

2. Who sets up a vigil as Matt lies dying in the hospital and is disappointed when other ministers in the town will not become involved?
(a) Marge Murray
(b) Reverend Fred Phelps
(c) Father Roger Schmit
(d) Philip Dubois

3. In “Moment: Dennis Shepard’s Statement” of Act 3, the Narrator states that who were approached by McKinney’s defense team, pleading for their client’s life?
(a) Matthew Shepard’s parents
(b) Matthew Shepard’s grandparents
(c) Dennis Shepard’s siblings
(d) Dennis Shepard’s coworkers

4. Who was the girlfriend of Aaron McKinney at the time of Matthew Shepard’s murder?
(a) Rebecca Hilliker
(b) Romaine Patterson
(c) Kristen Price
(d) Catherine Connolly

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the girlfriend of Russell Henderson at the time of Matthew Shepard’s murder?

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

3. In “Moment: The Gem City of the Plains” from Act 2, Newsperson 3 says that Laramie “bills itself as Wyoming’s” what?

4. In “Moment: The Essential Facts” in Act 2, the Newspaperperson states that the focus is on what courthouse?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Wyoming’s history relate to the establishment of equality for Americans?

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

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

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

8. What question is left open-ended regarding the murder of Matthew Shepard in the play?

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

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

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