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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 11 (Chapters 26-28).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the Emanuel A.M.E. Church that was the target of a mass shooting in 2015?
(a) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(b) Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
(c) Charleston, South Carolina.
(d) Birmingham, Alabama.

2. For what musical did Jonathan Groff earn a Tony nomination in 2007?
(a) A Chorus Line.
(b) Hair.
(c) Spring Awakening.
(d) Jesus Christ Superstar.

3. 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) Jeffrey Seller.
(c) Ron Chernow.
(d) Oskar Eustis.

4. In "Say No to This," Alexander Hamilton raps about his affair with whom?
(a) Eliza Schuyler.
(b) Kim Lesley.
(c) Angelica Schuyler.
(d) Maria Reynolds.

5. What line from a Mobb Deep song is quoted in Hamilton (94)?
(a) "We livin' this til the day that we die."
(b) "It's similar to Vietnam."
(c) "I'm only 19 but my mind is older."
(d) "There's a war goin' on outside no man is safe from."

Short Answer Questions

1. In how much stage time does "A meeting, a courtship, and a wedding" take to establish through the song "Helpless" in Hamilton?

2. What music-recording program did Lin-Manuel Miranda use in creating demos of most of the songs in Hamilton?

3. By what stage name was Clive Campbell known?

4. According to the author in Chapter 5, Jay-Z's "My 1st Song" is a rare hip-hop track in what tempo?

5. With whom did Lin-Manuel Miranda co-write the stage adaptation to Bring It On?

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