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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3 (Chapters 3-4).

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) 2003.
(b) 2006.
(c) 2008.
(d) 1999.

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

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

4. 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) Sweeney Todd.
(c) Jesus Christ Superstar.
(d) Hair.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Tommy Kail grow up?

3. To whom is Lin-Manuel Miranda married?

4. Where was Barack Obama's father born?

5. What contemporary setting was Lin-Manuel Miranda inspired by for the scene in Hamilton that is set in The Common?

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