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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) Litigur.
(b) Articulate.
(c) Polyglot.
(d) Divulgent.

2. 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) New York magazine.
(d) The New York Times.

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

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

5. Who had written the biography on Alexander Hamilton that Lin-Manuel Miranda read in Mexico which partly inspired his ideas for this musical?
(a) Joseph Addison.
(b) Ron Chernow.
(c) Oskar Eustis.
(d) Jeffrey Seller.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what stage name was Clive Campbell known?

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

3. When did Lin-Manuel Miranda marry?

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

5. According to the sidebar notes, the piano riff that opens Hamilton was inspired by what sound?

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