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

2. The author states in Chapter 4 that research on the production revealed that the carpenters in New York and other coastal towns in Alexander Hamilton's era was that many of them were what?
(a) Coal miners.
(b) Shipbuilders.
(c) Farmers.
(d) Sharecroppers.

3. According to Jeremy McCarter in the Introduction to Chapter 1, what percent of the population is foreign-born?
(a) 5%.
(b) 10%.
(c) 16%.
(d) 13%.

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

5. Who played piano for Lin's performance at "An Evening of Poetry, Music, and the Spoken Word"?
(a) Joseph Addison.
(b) Alex Lacamoire.
(c) Oskar Eustis.
(d) Andy Blankenbuehler.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the sidebar notes, the piano riff that opens Hamilton was inspired by what sound?

2. From what play is the quote "Don't hang back among the brutes" (10) cited in the introduction?

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

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

5. When did Hamilton open on Broadway?

(see the answer key)

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