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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2 (Chapters 1-2).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Jeremy McCarter states in the Introduction that the story of the show's creation begins on what date when Lin performed at the White House?
(a) January 25, 2010.
(b) September 1, 2009.
(c) May 12, 2009.
(d) March 12, 2008.

3. 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.

4. What was George Washington's favorite play that he had performed at Valley Forge?
(a) Henry VI.
(b) The Czar of Muscovy.
(c) Cato.
(d) Turcaret.

5. Who was Jeremy McCarter's boss when he began working at the Public Theater?
(a) Oskar Eustis.
(b) Joseph Addison.
(c) Jeffrey Seller.
(d) Ron Chernow.

Short Answer Questions

1. The setup of the opening prologue of Hamilton is said in the sidebar notes to be inspired by the prologue of what play?

2. Who was the lead producer that agreed to develop Hamilton at the Public Theater?

3. When did Lin-Manuel Miranda marry?

4. 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?

5. In what neighborhood is In the Heights set?

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