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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What instrument was used to create the essence of a siren wail in the song "My Shot"?
(a) A guitar.
(b) A violin.
(c) A cymbal.
(d) A harp.

2. How many numbers from the developing Hamilton were performed at the American Songbird concert at the Lincoln Center?
(a) 8.
(b) 5.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

3. When did Lin-Manuel Miranda marry?
(a) 2008.
(b) 2005.
(c) 2009.
(d) 2010.

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

5. What song by Mobb Deep did Lin get permission to quote in Hamilton?
(a) "Survival of the Fittest."
(b) "Quiet Storm."
(c) "Hell on Earth."
(d) "Shook Ones, Pt. II."

6. In what neighborhood is In the Heights set?
(a) Washington Heights.
(b) Brooklyn Heights.
(c) Cleveland Heights.
(d) Williamsburg Heights.

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

8. Who directed the stage adaptation to Bring It On that Lin co-wrote?
(a) Vanessa Nadal.
(b) Alex Lacamoire.
(c) Andy Blankenbuehler.
(d) Joseph Addison.

9. Where did Chris Jackson grow up?
(a) Los Angeles, California.
(b) Cairo, Illinois.
(c) Selma, South Carolina.
(d) Detroit, Michigan.

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

11. Where did Jeffrey Seller grow up?
(a) San Francisco, California.
(b) Oak Park, Michigan.
(c) Los Angeles, California.
(d) Newark, New Jersey.

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

13. By what stage name was Clive Campbell known?
(a) Snoop Dogg.
(b) Jay-Z.
(c) DJ Kool Herc.
(d) Alex Lacamoire.

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

15. What location does Lin refer to as "This weird Brigadoon in the middle of Washington Heights" (40)?
(a) The Morris-Jumel Mansion.
(b) The Hispanic Society Museum.
(c) The Castle Village.
(d) The United Palace.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of song does Jeremy McCarter describe "My Shot" from Hamilton as being in the Introduction to Chapter 2?

2. Whose cabinet is the subject of the book Team of Rivals?

3. 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)?

4. Whose tribute to the MC Big Pun was an inspiration to Lin in writing Hamilton?

5. In Korins's production of Hamilton, the set's chandeliers were inspired by the fixtures where?

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