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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In fourth grade, Jeffrey Seller's synagogue staged a Purim play that set Queen Esther's story to the score of what musical?
(a) The Sound of Music.
(b) A Chorus Line.
(c) South Pacific.
(d) Hair.

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

3. What song did the casting agency Telsy + Company send to Renee Elise Goldsberry that convinced her to audition for Hamilton?
(a) "This One's Mine."
(b) "Wait for It."
(c) "Satisfied."
(d) "You'll Be Back."

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

5. 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?
(a) May 12, 2009.
(b) January 25, 2010.
(c) September 1, 2009.
(d) March 12, 2008.

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

7. Who wrote Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812?
(a) Patrick Willingham.
(b) Dave Malloy.
(c) Andy Blankenbuehler.
(d) Jonathan Larson.

8. Who wrote, "The dominant purpose of Hamilton's life was the creation of a national sentiment, and thereby the making of a great and powerful nation from the discordant elements furnished by thirteen jarring States" (11)?
(a) Joseph Addison.
(b) Oskar Eustis.
(c) Jeffrey Seller.
(d) Henry Cabot Lodge.

9. What is the refrain that concludes "The Schuyler Sisters" (45)?
(a) "In the greatest country in the world!"
(b) "God Save the King!"
(c) "In the greatest city in the world!"
(d) "Across the bridge to another land."

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

11. What term in poetry and music refers to the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words?
(a) Assonance.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Concordance.
(d) Alliteration.

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

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

14. When was the duet "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By" released?
(a) 2001.
(b) 1998.
(c) 2003.
(d) 1995.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

2. When did Lin-Manuel Miranda's father come to the U.S. from Puerto Rico?

3. Where did John Adams retreat after leaving New York?

4. What character performs the number "You'll Be Back" in Hamilton?

5. Where was Jeremy McCarter working as a theater critic when In the Heights was premeired Off-Broadway?

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