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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 9 (Chapters 20-22).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At what theater on Broadway did Hamilton open?
(a) The August Wilson Theatre.
(b) The Richard Rodgers Theatre.
(c) The Lucille Lortell Theatre.
(d) The Winter Garden Theatre.

3. With whom did Jeffrey Seller produce the rock opera Rent?
(a) Jonathan Larson.
(b) Joell Ortiz.
(c) Stephen Sondheim.
(d) Kevin McCollum.

4. Who was the best friend to Alexander Hamilton and fellow opponent of slavery that appears in Act One of the play?
(a) Ron Chernow.
(b) Henry Cabot Lodge.
(c) John Laurens.
(d) Hercules Mulligan.

5. What term in poetry and music refers to the repetition of the sound of a vowel in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible?
(a) Allusion.
(b) Assonance.
(c) Concordance.
(d) Alliteration.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who founded the Public Theater?

2. Who performs the song "Empire State of Mind"?

3. What word from the Introduction refers to knowing or using several languages?

4. Lin-Manuel Miranda is quoted in Chapter 5 stating that "Just as we continue to forget that immigrants are the backbone of the country, we forget that musical theater is" what (47)?

5. In fourth grade, Jeffrey Seller's synagogue staged a Purim play that set Queen Esther's story to the score of what musical?

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