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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4 (Chapters 5-7).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In what neighborhood is In the Heights set?
(a) Brooklyn Heights.
(b) Cleveland Heights.
(c) Williamsburg Heights.
(d) Washington Heights.

4. When did the founders of Ars Nova first ask Freestyle Love Supreme to take part in their annual benefit?
(a) 2013.
(b) 2012.
(c) 2010.
(d) 2011.

5. According to the sidebar notes, the piano riff that opens Hamilton was inspired by what sound?
(a) A spring breeze.
(b) A door squeak.
(c) A howling wolf.
(d) A gunshot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the musical Company?

2. In fourth grade, Jeffrey Seller's synagogue staged a Purim play that set Queen Esther's story to the score of what musical?

3. Where was Jeremy McCarter working as a theater critic when In the Heights was premeired Off-Broadway?

4. What word from the Introduction refers to knowing or using several languages?

5. Who wrote, "The dominant purpose of Hamilton's life was the creation of a national sentiment, and thereby the making of a great and powerful nation from the discordant elements furnished by thirteen jarring States" (11)?

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