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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose cabinet is the subject of the book Team of Rivals?
(a) George Washington's.
(b) Ben Franklin's.
(c) Abraham Lincoln's.
(d) Alexander Hamilton's.

2. Who wrote the music and lyrics of The Last Ship?
(a) Sting.
(b) Prince.
(c) Tom Waits.
(d) David Bowie.

3. What role did Lin-Manuel Miranda play on the NBC show Do No Harm?
(a) Joell Ortiz.
(b) Dr. Ruben Marcado.
(c) Kevin McCollum.
(d) Hercules Mulligan.

4. 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) Affairs of Honor.
(b) The Field of Blood.
(c) Walk in Darkness.
(d) Room and Board.

5. In how much stage time does "A meeting, a courtship, and a wedding" take to establish through the song "Helpless" in Hamilton?
(a) 4 minutes.
(b) 7 minutes.
(c) 10 minutes.
(d) 14 minutes.

6. What song from Hamilton does Leslie Odom, Jr. say he will always sing and that it is always different every time he sings it?
(a) "You'll Be Back."
(b) "Wait for It."
(c) "Satisfied."
(d) "This One's Mine."

7. When did the founders of Ars Nova first ask Freestyle Love Supreme to take part in their annual benefit?
(a) 2011.
(b) 2012.
(c) 2010.
(d) 2013.

8. The setup of the opening prologue of Hamilton is said in the sidebar notes to be inspired by the prologue of what play?
(a) Jesus Christ Superstar.
(b) A Chorus Line.
(c) Hair.
(d) Sweeney Todd.

9. Who wrote Angels in America?
(a) Tony Kushner.
(b) August Wilson.
(c) Lin-Manuel Miranda.
(d) Samuel Beckett.

10. Where did Tommy Kail grow up?
(a) Alexandria, Virginia.
(b) New York, New York.
(c) The Bronx, New York.
(d) Detroit, Michigan.

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

12. Who directed the original production of A Chorus Line?
(a) Michael Bennett.
(b) Jonathan Larson.
(c) Dave Malloy.
(d) Patrick Willingham.

13. What character performs the number "You'll Be Back" in Hamilton?
(a) King George III.
(b) Alexander Hamilton.
(c) Eliza Schuyler.
(d) Aaron Burr.

14. What is Phillipa Soo's father's occupation?
(a) He is a doctor.
(b) He is a lawyer.
(c) He is an artist.
(d) He is an actor.

15. Where was the Notorious B.I.G. from?
(a) Chicago, Illinois.
(b) Bronx, New York.
(c) Brooklyn, New York.
(d) Detroit, Michigan.

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. 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)?

3. How old was Alex Lacamoire when he began playing piano?

4. When did Phillipa Soo's grandparents immigrate to the U.S.?

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

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