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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Alex Lacamoire grow up?
(a) Miami.
(b) Boston.
(c) New York.
(d) Detroit.

2. Whose tribute to the MC Big Pun was an inspiration to Lin in writing Hamilton?
(a) Clive Richards's.
(b) Jonathan Larson's.
(c) Kevin McCollum's.
(d) Joell Ortiz's.

3. Who released the duet "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By"?
(a) Snoop Dogg and Master P.
(b) Mary J. Blige and Method Man.
(c) Jay-Z and Alicia Keys.
(d) Tupac and Alicia Keys.

4. When did Elizabeth Schuyler meet Alexander Hamilton?
(a) 1800.
(b) 1780.
(c) 1785.
(d) 1775.

5. What song did Alex Lacamoire compose for Sesame Street that is a pride of his?
(a) "First, Second, Third."
(b) "You'll Be Back."
(c) "My Shot."
(d) "Farmer Refuted."

6. Where was Jeremy McCarter working as a theater critic when In the Heights was premeired Off-Broadway?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) New York magazine.
(c) The New Yorker magazine.
(d) The Village Voice.

7. When did Alexander Hamilton plead with New York's leaders to trust in the possibilities of union and vote to ratify the new federal Constitution, according to the author in Chapter 10?
(a) 1788.
(b) 1784.
(c) 1780.
(d) 1800.

8. Oskar Eustis states in Chapter 12 that what Lin does in Hamilton and his other works is the same as what playwright?
(a) William Shakespeare.
(b) Philip Marlowe.
(c) August Wilson.
(d) Samuel Beckett.

9. Who had written the biography on Alexander Hamilton that Lin-Manuel Miranda read in Mexico which partly inspired his ideas for this musical?
(a) Joseph Addison.
(b) Oskar Eustis.
(c) Ron Chernow.
(d) Jeffrey Seller.

10. In Korins's production of Hamilton, the set's chandeliers were inspired by the fixtures where?
(a) The White Horse Tavern.
(b) Fraunces Tavern.
(c) The Lucky Saloon.
(d) Rogers' Tavern.

11. Where was Clive Campbell from?
(a) Jamaica.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Kenya.
(d) Mexico.

12. When did Hamilton open on Broadway?
(a) August 6, 2015.
(b) May 12, 2009.
(c) January 25, 2010.
(d) September 1, 2009.

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

14. Where did Clive Campbell help to originate hip-hop music?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) The Bronx.
(c) Queens.
(d) Harlem.

15. When did Barack Obama's father come to the United States?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1959.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Where did John Adams retreat after leaving New York?

3. The setup of the opening prologue of Hamilton is said in the sidebar notes to be inspired by the prologue of what play?

4. The musical Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 is a stage adaptation of what novel?

5. What instrument was used to create the essence of a siren wail in the song "My Shot"?

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