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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Desiree Armfeldt is a character from what musical?
(a) Little Shop of Horrors.
(b) Jesus Christ Superstar.
(c) A Little Night Music.
(d) A Chorus Line.

2. Who was the lead producer that agreed to develop Hamilton at the Public Theater?
(a) Ron Chernow.
(b) Oskar Eustis.
(c) Jeffrey Seller.
(d) Joseph Addison.

3. What song did Alex Lacamoire compose for Sesame Street that is a pride of his?
(a) "Farmer Refuted."
(b) "First, Second, Third."
(c) "My Shot."
(d) "You'll Be Back."

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

5. With whom did Jeffrey Seller produce the rock opera Rent?
(a) Kevin McCollum.
(b) Joell Ortiz.
(c) Jonathan Larson.
(d) Stephen Sondheim.

6. 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)?
(a) "An act of rebellion."
(b) "A mongrel art form."
(c) "A magical art form."
(d) "A custom of history."

7. What term in poetry and music refers to the repetition of the sound of a vowel in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Concordance.
(d) Assonance.

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

9. 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.

10. What kind of song does Jeremy McCarter describe "My Shot" from Hamilton as being in the Introduction to Chapter 2?
(a) A "Lovers meeting" song.
(b) An "I want" song.
(c) An "Antagonist" song.
(d) A "Climax" song.

11. Where did Alex Lacamoire grow up?
(a) Boston.
(b) Detroit.
(c) Miami.
(d) New York.

12. 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) Jeffrey Seller.
(b) Henry Cabot Lodge.
(c) Oskar Eustis.
(d) Joseph Addison.

13. Where was Barack Obama's father born?
(a) Nigeria.
(b) Kenya.
(c) Somalia.
(d) South Africa.

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

15. When did Barack Obama's father come to the United States?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1959.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Jeremy McCarter's boss when he began working at the Public Theater?

2. What location does Lin refer to as "This weird Brigadoon in the middle of Washington Heights" (40)?

3. Who is the Executive Director of the Public Theater?

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

5. 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?

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