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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. What contemporary setting was Lin-Manuel Miranda inspired by for the scene in Hamilton that is set in The Common?
(a) Union Square Park.
(b) Prospect Park.
(c) Washington Square Park.
(d) Central Park.

2. What song did the casting agency Telsy + Company send to Renee Elise Goldsberry that convinced her to audition for Hamilton?
(a) "You'll Be Back."
(b) "This One's Mine."
(c) "Wait for It."
(d) "Satisfied."

3. Lin's side notes for the song "Ten Duel Commandments" indicate that the song owes a huge debt to what book by Joanne Freeman?
(a) Affairs of Honor.
(b) The Field of Blood.
(c) Room and Board.
(d) Walk in Darkness.

4. What song by Mobb Deep did Lin get permission to quote in Hamilton?
(a) "Quiet Storm."
(b) "Hell on Earth."
(c) "Survival of the Fittest."
(d) "Shook Ones, Pt. II."

5. 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?
(a) Assonance.
(b) Concordance.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Allusion.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date did Hamilton open at the Public Theater?

2. What does Lin-Manuel Miranda say the song "The Schuyler Sisters" really is in Chapter 4 (38)?

3. What are the names of the Schuyler sisters?

4. Where did Tommy Kail grow up?

5. Where was Clive Campbell from?

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