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

2. What are the names of the Schuyler sisters?
(a) Anna, Angelica, and Patty.
(b) Peggy, Angelica, and Eliza.
(c) Maria, Sarah, and Eliza.
(d) Emilia, Donna, and Roberta.

3. When did Barack Obama's father come to the United States?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1959.

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

5. What contemporary setting was Lin-Manuel Miranda inspired by for the scene in Hamilton that is set in The Common?
(a) Washington Square Park.
(b) Union Square Park.
(c) Prospect Park.
(d) Central Park.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who was the lead producer that agreed to develop Hamilton at the Public Theater?

3. By what stage name was Clive Campbell known?

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 year was it that Jeremy McCarter describes Lin-Manuel Miranda first telling him he wanted to make a hip-hop concept album about Hamilton?

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