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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. Where did Okieriete Onaodowan grow up?
(a) Brooklyn, New York.
(b) West Orange, New Jersey.
(c) Newark, New Jersey.
(d) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

2. Who wrote the rock musical Rent?
(a) Jonathan Larson.
(b) Kevin McCollum.
(c) Joell Ortiz.
(d) Stephen Sondheim.

3. When did Andy Blankenbuehler move to New York?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1995.

4. Who had written the biography on Alexander Hamilton that Lin-Manuel Miranda read in Mexico which partly inspired his ideas for this musical?
(a) Jeffrey Seller.
(b) Oskar Eustis.
(c) Joseph Addison.
(d) Ron Chernow.

5. Where did Alex Lacamoire grow up?
(a) Boston.
(b) Detroit.
(c) Miami.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What role did Lin-Manuel Miranda play on the NBC show Do No Harm?

3. Who played piano for Lin's performance at "An Evening of Poetry, Music, and the Spoken Word"?

4. According to the author in Chapter 5, Jay-Z's "My 1st Song" is a rare hip-hop track in what tempo?

5. What instrument was used to create the essence of a siren wail in the song "My Shot"?

(see the answer key)

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