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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 8 (Chapters 17-19).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Daveed Diggs play in Act One of the original production of Hamilton?
(a) John Laurens.
(b) Marquis de Lafayette.
(c) Aaron Burr.
(d) Hercules Mulligan.

2. Who directed the original production of A Chorus Line?
(a) Michael Bennett.
(b) Patrick Willingham.
(c) Jonathan Larson.
(d) Dave Malloy.

3. Since 1995, how many students had been brought to see plays and musicals at theaters around New York City by the TDF Stage Doors program at the time of the book's publication?
(a) 23,000.
(b) 54,000.
(c) 62,000.
(d) 47,000.

4. In his sidebar notes for the song "Meet Me Inside," Lin-Manuel Miranda claims this is one of the only hip-hop songs he knows with what time signature?
(a) 3/4.
(b) 5/6.
(c) 7/8.
(d) 4/4.

5. Who played piano for Lin's performance at "An Evening of Poetry, Music, and the Spoken Word"?
(a) Andy Blankenbuehler.
(b) Joseph Addison.
(c) Alex Lacamoire.
(d) Oskar Eustis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Executive Director of the Public Theater?

2. What was the Notorious B.I.G.'s name at birth?

3. What role did Leslie Odom, Jr. play in the Off-Broadway and Broadway productions of Hamilton?

4. Who did Daveed Diggs play in Act Two of the original production of Hamilton?

5. Where did Clive Campbell help to originate hip-hop music?

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