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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 5, Jay-Z's "My 1st Song" is a rare hip-hop track in what tempo?
(a) 3/4.
(b) 6/8.
(c) 4/4.
(d) 2/3.

2. Who played piano for Lin's performance at "An Evening of Poetry, Music, and the Spoken Word"?
(a) Joseph Addison.
(b) Alex Lacamoire.
(c) Andy Blankenbuehler.
(d) Oskar Eustis.

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

4. What term refers to a set of rules for a one-on-one combat?
(a) Magna duella.
(b) Code duello.
(c) Enigma duella.
(d) Epistle.

5. What was the name of the song that Lin originally wrote and later replaced with "Helpless"?
(a) "Wait for It."
(b) "Satisfied."
(c) "This One's Mine."
(d) "You'll Be Back."

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

7. How old was Lin when he performed for the White House at "An Evening of Poetry, Music, and the Spoken Word"?
(a) 29.
(b) 34.
(c) 32.
(d) 25.

8. What word from the Introduction refers to knowing or using several languages?
(a) Articulate.
(b) Litigur.
(c) Polyglot.
(d) Divulgent.

9. From what play is the quote "Don't hang back among the brutes" (10) cited in the introduction?
(a) A Streetcar Named Desire.
(b) To Kill a Mockingbird.
(c) Hamilton.
(d) In the Heights.

10. 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?
(a) 1788.
(b) 1780.
(c) 1800.
(d) 1784.

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

12. Upon whom did Ron Chernow pen a biography that earned him the Pulitzer Prize following his book on Hamilton?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) Grover Cleveland.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) George Washington.

13. Who performs the song "Empire State of Mind"?
(a) Jonathan Larson.
(b) Kevin McCollum.
(c) Joell Ortiz.
(d) Jay-Z and Alicia Keys.

14. 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) "Wait for It."
(b) "You'll Be Back."
(c) "This One's Mine."
(d) "Satisfied."

15. Who released the duet "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By"?
(a) Tupac and Alicia Keys.
(b) Mary J. Blige and Method Man.
(c) Jay-Z and Alicia Keys.
(d) Snoop Dogg and Master P.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Chris Jackson grow up?

2. What was the name of the play that Jeffrey Seller wrote in fourth grade after seeing his synagogue's Purim play?

3. When did In the Heights premiere Off-Broadway?

4. Who wrote the rock musical Rent?

5. What music-recording program did Lin-Manuel Miranda use in creating demos of most of the songs in Hamilton?

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