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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. The setup of the opening prologue of Hamilton is said in the sidebar notes to be inspired by the prologue of what play?
(a) A Chorus Line.
(b) Jesus Christ Superstar.
(c) Hair.
(d) Sweeney Todd.

2. When did In the Heights premiere Off-Broadway?
(a) 2003.
(b) 2010.
(c) 2007.
(d) 1999.

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

4. With whom did Lin-Manuel Miranda co-write the stage adaptation to Bring It On?
(a) Andy Blankenbuehler and Jennifer Warren.
(b) Tom Kitt and Amanda Green.
(c) Vanessa Nadal and Richard Wilson.
(d) Alex Lacamoire and Ron Chernow.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who directed the stage adaptation to Bring It On that Lin co-wrote?

3. According to Jeremy McCarter in the Introduction to Chapter 1, what percent of the population is foreign-born?

4. 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)?

5. Where was Clive Campbell from?

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