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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. 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?
(a) March 12, 2008.
(b) January 25, 2010.
(c) September 1, 2009.
(d) May 12, 2009.

2. Who was Jeremy McCarter's boss when he began working at the Public Theater?
(a) Ron Chernow.
(b) Oskar Eustis.
(c) Jeffrey Seller.
(d) Joseph Addison.

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

4. Who directed the stage adaptation to Bring It On that Lin co-wrote?
(a) Joseph Addison.
(b) Alex Lacamoire.
(c) Vanessa Nadal.
(d) Andy Blankenbuehler.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

2. When did In the Heights premiere Off-Broadway?

3. When did Lin-Manuel Miranda marry?

4. The author states in Chapter 4 that research on the production revealed that the carpenters in New York and other coastal towns in Alexander Hamilton's era was that many of them were what?

5. When did Hamilton open on Broadway?

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