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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. What kind of song does Jeremy McCarter describe "My Shot" from Hamilton as being in the Introduction to Chapter 2?
(a) A "Climax" song.
(b) An "Antagonist" song.
(c) A "Lovers meeting" song.
(d) An "I want" song.

2. Upon what opera is Rent loosely based?
(a) Carmen.
(b) Jesus Christ Superstar.
(c) La Boheme.
(d) The Barber of Seville.

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

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

5. With whom did Lin-Manuel Miranda co-write the stage adaptation to Bring It On?
(a) Andy Blankenbuehler and Jennifer Warren.
(b) Alex Lacamoire and Ron Chernow.
(c) Vanessa Nadal and Richard Wilson.
(d) Tom Kitt and Amanda Green.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who played piano for Lin's performance at "An Evening of Poetry, Music, and the Spoken Word"?

2. When did In the Heights premiere Off-Broadway?

3. What song from Hamilton centers on King George warning the American colonists not to rebel?

4. Who wrote the musical Company?

5. Upon whom did Ron Chernow pen a biography that earned him the Pulitzer Prize following his book on Hamilton?

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