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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5 (Chapters 8-10).

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) The New Yorker magazine.
(c) New York magazine.
(d) The Village Voice.

2. When did Lin-Manuel Miranda's father come to the U.S. from Puerto Rico?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1956.

3. According to the author in Chapter 5, Jay-Z's "My 1st Song" is a rare hip-hop track in what tempo?
(a) 2/3.
(b) 6/8.
(c) 3/4.
(d) 4/4.

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

5. 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?
(a) Shipbuilders.
(b) Farmers.
(c) Coal miners.
(d) Sharecroppers.

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. What location does Lin refer to as "This weird Brigadoon in the middle of Washington Heights" (40)?

3. Who was Jeremy McCarter's boss when he began working at the Public Theater?

4. Where was Barack Obama's father born?

5. To whom is Lin-Manuel Miranda married?

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