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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. At what space was Hamilton staged at the Public Theater?
(a) The Williams Theater.
(b) The Mason Gross Theater.
(c) The Allen Theater.
(d) The Newman Theater.

2. When did Alexander Hamilton ascend to George Washington's cabinet?
(a) 1787.
(b) 1791.
(c) 1788.
(d) 1789.

3. From what play is the quote "Don't hang back among the brutes" (10) cited in the introduction?
(a) A Streetcar Named Desire.
(b) Hamilton.
(c) To Kill a Mockingbird.
(d) In the Heights.

4. The author states in Chapter 27 that, "For just as directors steer actors and choreographers guide dancers, Broadway producers" do what (241)?
(a) "Harness the director."
(b) "Harness the public."
(c) "Manage the show."
(d) "Harness them all."

5. When did Phillipa Soo's grandparents immigrate to the U.S.?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1949.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote of the young United States, "It was patched and piebald policy then, as it is now, ever was and ever will be, world without end" (124)?

2. What year was it that Jeremy McCarter describes Lin-Manuel Miranda first telling him he wanted to make a hip-hop concept album about Hamilton?

3. Who wrote the rap for a debate on marriage equality that is included in Chapter 18?

4. Who directed Cabaret, Sweeney Todd, and The Phantom of the Opera on his way to racking up a record 21 Tony Awards?

5. Who founded the Public Theater?

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