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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 13 (Chapter 32-Epilogue).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where was Jeremy McCarter working as a theater critic when In the Heights was premeired Off-Broadway?
(a) The New Yorker magazine.
(b) The Village Voice.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) New York magazine.

3. In what political party were Oskar Eustis's mother and stepfather leaders?
(a) The Communist Party of America.
(b) The Democratic Party.
(c) The Socialist Party of America.
(d) The Republican Party.

4. What is the song "What I Did for Love" about?
(a) The sacrifices artists make for their art.
(b) The sacrifices of officers to their men.
(c) The sacrifices that lovers make for love.
(d) The sacrifices the Founding Fathers made for freedom.

5. What was the Notorious B.I.G.'s name at birth?
(a) Roger Anderson.
(b) Christopher Wallace.
(c) Alexander Williams.
(d) James Phillips.

Short Answer Questions

1. What song by Mobb Deep did Lin get permission to quote in Hamilton?

2. In what Sondheim muical do a trio of friends repeatedly sing, "Hwere's to us. Who's like us? Damn few" (35)?

3. Who is the Irish tailor that appears in Act One of Hamilton?

4. In his sidebar notes for the song "Meet Me Inside," Lin-Manuel Miranda claims this is one of the only hip-hop songs he knows with what time signature?

5. When did Andy Blankenbuehler move to New York?

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