View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Lin when he performed for the White House at "An Evening of Poetry, Music, and the Spoken Word"?
(a) 29.
(b) 32.
(c) 34.
(d) 25.

2. At what theater on Broadway did Hamilton open?
(a) The August Wilson Theatre.
(b) The Winter Garden Theatre.
(c) The Richard Rodgers Theatre.
(d) The Lucille Lortell Theatre.

3. Who wrote, "The dominant purpose of Hamilton's life was the creation of a national sentiment, and thereby the making of a great and powerful nation from the discordant elements furnished by thirteen jarring States" (11)?
(a) Oskar Eustis.
(b) Jeffrey Seller.
(c) Henry Cabot Lodge.
(d) Joseph Addison.

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

5. Where did Tommy Kail grow up?
(a) Detroit, Michigan.
(b) New York, New York.
(c) The Bronx, New York.
(d) Alexandria, Virginia.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Hamilton open on Broadway?

2. Where was Jeremy McCarter working as a theater critic when In the Heights was premeired Off-Broadway?

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

4. To whom is Lin-Manuel Miranda married?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 228 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample