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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 year was it that Jeremy McCarter describes Lin-Manuel Miranda first telling him he wanted to make a hip-hop concept album about Hamilton?
(a) 1999.
(b) 2003.
(c) 2006.
(d) 2008.

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

3. What kind of song does Jeremy McCarter describe "My Shot" from Hamilton as being in the Introduction to Chapter 2?
(a) A "Climax" song.
(b) An "I want" song.
(c) An "Antagonist" song.
(d) A "Lovers meeting" song.

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

5. According to Jeremy McCarter in the Introduction to Chapter 1, what percent of the population is foreign-born?
(a) 16%.
(b) 10%.
(c) 13%.
(d) 5%.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did Lin-Manuel Miranda co-write the stage adaptation to Bring It On?

2. Where was Barack Obama's father born?

3. 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?

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

5. How old was Lin when he performed for the White House at "An Evening of Poetry, Music, and the Spoken Word"?

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