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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5 (Chapters 8-10).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what theater on Broadway did Hamilton open?
(a) The Richard Rodgers Theatre.
(b) The August Wilson Theatre.
(c) The Winter Garden Theatre.
(d) The Lucille Lortell Theatre.

2. What year was it that Jeremy McCarter describes Lin-Manuel Miranda first telling him he wanted to make a hip-hop concept album about Hamilton?
(a) 1999.
(b) 2008.
(c) 2003.
(d) 2006.

3. To whom is Lin-Manuel Miranda married?
(a) Ronda Alberton.
(b) Ellen Blankenbuehler.
(c) Elizabeth Jackman.
(d) Vanessa Nadal.

4. How many numbers from the developing Hamilton were performed at the American Songbird concert at the Lincoln Center?
(a) 10.
(b) 12.
(c) 8.
(d) 5.

5. With whom did Jeffrey Seller produce the rock opera Rent?
(a) Joell Ortiz.
(b) Kevin McCollum.
(c) Jonathan Larson.
(d) Stephen Sondheim.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who released the duet "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By"?

2. What term in poetry and music refers to the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words?

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

4. What was the name of the song that Lin originally wrote and later replaced with "Helpless"?

5. Whose tribute to the MC Big Pun was an inspiration to Lin in writing Hamilton?

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