The Laramie Project

Multiple Choice and Long Answer Questions create ideal opportunities for whole-text review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. Which of the following sentiments do the people of Laramie express about their city?

A) Betrayal

B) Shame

C) Apathy

D) Pride

2. Which of the following phrases best describes the employment opportunities in Wyoming?

A) Primarily minimum wage

B) Mostly academic

C) Considerably high wage

D) Predominantly freelancer

3. Which of the following statements appears throughout the script?

A) That Laramie is a particularly anti-LGBTQ+ town

B) That gay people were killed on a regular basis in Wyoming

C) That there was not a single gay person in Laramie before Matthew arrived

D) That most people in Wyoming did not care about sexual orientation

4. Which of the following words best describes the religious landscape of Laramie?

A) Accepting

B) Uniform

C) Polytheistic

D) Diverse

5. Which of the following sentences best summarizes the placement of the “McKinney and Henderson” Moment within the play?

A) It problematizes the information shared in the Moment before.

B) It extrapolates the evilness of the perpetrators.

C) It exemplifies the need for the death penalty.

D) It provides a flashback to the perpetrators’ childhoods.

6. Which of the following words describes the atmosphere of the arraignment?

A) Chaotic

B) Violent

C) Proud

D) Solemn

7. Which of the following phrases reappears frequently throughout the play?

A) Land of the Free, Home of the Brave

B) Live and Let Live

C) Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

D) You Only Live Once

8. Which of the following words describes how the population of Laramie collectively processes the trauma of the hate crime?

A) Rumination

B) Regulation

C) Resuscitation

D) Reservation

9. In an email to the University of Wyoming President Philip Dubois, a writer says, “You and the straight people of Laramie, Wyoming are guilty of the beating of Matthew Shepard just as the Germans who looked the other way are guilty of the deaths of the Jews, the Gypsies and the homosexuals” (Act II, Moment 7). Which of the following literary terms is used in this quote?

A) Allegory

B) Alliteration

C) Allusion

D) Anaphora

10. Which of the following points does the family of Matthew reiterate throughout the play?

A) The desire for love and acceptance

B) The need for privacy from the media

C) The importance of the death penalty

D) The frivolity of religion

11. What does Stephen Belber’s conversation with Shannon and Jen reveal about Aaron McKinney?

A) That he was an LGBTQ+ advocate

B) That he was never a robber

C) That he had a potential drug addiction

D) That he was a transplant from Cheyenne

12. Which of the following phrases depicts the correct sequence of events in the play?

A) Matthew’s death, the arrival of reporters, the arrest of the perpetrators

B) The arrest of the perpetrators, Matthew’s death, the arrival of reporters

C) The arrest of the perpetrators, the arrival of reporters, Matthew’s death

D) The arrival of reporters, Matthew’s death, the arrest of the perpetrators

13. Which of the following words best describes how Reverend Fred Phelps feels about the LGBTQ+ community?

A) Tolerant

B) Curious

C) Apathetic

D) Abhorred

14. Which of the following statements would Father Roger Schmit agree with?

A) Words are not powerful.

B) Being gay is a “sin” that is only justifiable with death.

C) Information regarding Matthew and his murder must be presented correctly.

D) Aaron was a good Mormon boy.

15. Which of the following words best describes the method that Kaufman and the members of the Tectonic Theatre Project used to gather information?

A) Haphazardly

B) Superficially

C) Remotely

D) Periodically

Long Answer

Compose a response of 2-3 sentences, incorporating text details to support your response.

1. What role does the narrator play throughout the script?

2. How is the play formatted? How is this format different from a traditional play?