1. Lin's side notes for the song "Ten Duel Commandments" indicate that the song owes a huge debt to what book by Joanne Freeman?
(a) The Field of Blood.
(b) Room and Board.
(c) Affairs of Honor.
(d) Walk in Darkness.

2. What was George Washington's favorite play that he had performed at Valley Forge?
(a) Henry VI.
(b) Turcaret.
(c) The Czar of Muscovy.
(d) Cato.

3. How old was Ron Chernow when he assisted in the development of Hamilton?
(a) 59.
(b) 75.
(c) 34.
(d) 29.

4. Whose tribute to the MC Big Pun was an inspiration to Lin in writing Hamilton?
(a) Kevin McCollum's.
(b) Jonathan Larson's.
(c) Clive Richards's.
(d) Joell Ortiz's.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Alexander Hamilton plead with New York's leaders to trust in the possibilities of union and vote to ratify the new federal Constitution, according to the author in Chapter 10?

2. What term in poetry and music refers to the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words?

3. Who wrote the rock musical Rent?

4. Where did Alex Lacamoire grow up?

5. What duet performed "Crazy in Love"?

(see the answer key)

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