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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. Where was Jeremy McCarter working as a theater critic when In the Heights was premeired Off-Broadway?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) New York magazine.
(c) The Village Voice.
(d) The New Yorker magazine.

2. Who played piano for Lin's performance at "An Evening of Poetry, Music, and the Spoken Word"?
(a) Oskar Eustis.
(b) Alex Lacamoire.
(c) Joseph Addison.
(d) Andy Blankenbuehler.

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

4. Who was the lead producer that agreed to develop Hamilton at the Public Theater?
(a) Ron Chernow.
(b) Joseph Addison.
(c) Oskar Eustis.
(d) Jeffrey Seller.

5. To whom is Lin-Manuel Miranda married?
(a) Ellen Blankenbuehler.
(b) Ronda Alberton.
(c) Vanessa Nadal.
(d) Elizabeth Jackman.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Lin-Manuel Miranda's father come to the U.S. from Puerto Rico?

3. In what neighborhood is In the Heights set?

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

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