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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. What word from the Introduction refers to knowing or using several languages?
(a) Articulate.
(b) Litigur.
(c) Divulgent.
(d) Polyglot.

2. By what stage name was Clive Campbell known?
(a) DJ Kool Herc.
(b) Snoop Dogg.
(c) Jay-Z.
(d) Alex Lacamoire.

3. Where was Barack Obama's father born?
(a) South Africa.
(b) Somalia.
(c) Kenya.
(d) Nigeria.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is Lin-Manuel Miranda married?

2. When did Barack Obama's father come to the United States?

3. When did the founders of Ars Nova first ask Freestyle Love Supreme to take part in their annual benefit?

4. What kind of song does Jeremy McCarter describe "My Shot" from Hamilton as being in the Introduction to Chapter 2?

5. Who was Jeremy McCarter's boss when he began working at the Public Theater?

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