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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of stage was Hamilton originated on at the Public Theater?
(a) A theater in-the-round.
(b) A three-quarter thrust stage.
(c) A proscenium stage.
(d) An arena theater.

2. Who wrote of the young United States, "It was patched and piebald policy then, as it is now, ever was and ever will be, world without end" (124)?
(a) John Adams.
(b) Paul Tazewell.
(c) Ben Franklin.
(d) Jay Duckworth.

3. Where did Lin-Manuel Miranda attend high school?
(a) East Brunswick High School.
(b) Washington Heights High School.
(c) Easton Prep High School.
(d) Hunter College High School.

4. Where did the duel between Hamilton and Burr take place?
(a) Whitehall, New York.
(b) Princeton, New Jersey.
(c) Newark, New Jersey.
(d) Weehawken, New Jersey.

5. When did the creators of Hamilton first perform the first and second acts of the show back to back at the 52nd Street Project?
(a) June 2, 2013.
(b) June 4, 2015.
(c) May 30, 1010.
(d) May 9, 2014.

6. Who wrote the rap for a debate on marriage equality that is included in Chapter 18?
(a) Dave Malloy.
(b) Joseph Addison.
(c) Esteisy Seijas.
(d) Emily Stephens.

7. Who is quoted as saying in Chapter 20, "Every creative act is a puzzle. It's trying to make form out of chaos" (174)?
(a) Dave Malloy.
(b) Patrick Willingham.
(c) Stephen Sondheim.
(d) Paul Tazewell.

8. In what musical does the Witch rap her backstory?
(a) Into the Woods.
(b) Oz.
(c) Wicked.
(d) The Wizard of Oz.

9. What is the profession of Jasmine Cephas Jones's father?
(a) He is a doctor.
(b) He is a lawyer.
(c) He is an actor.
(d) He is a banker.

10. What character sings the song "Burn" in Hamilton?
(a) Eliza.
(b) Maria.
(c) Angelica.
(d) Peggy.

11. When was Philip Hamilton born?
(a) May, 1789.
(b) January, 1782.
(c) September, 1777.
(d) June, 1783.

12. Who did Okieriete Onaodowan play in Act Two of the original production of Hamilton?
(a) Joseph Addison.
(b) Hercules Mulligan.
(c) John Laurens.
(d) James Madison.

13. Who founded the Public Theater?
(a) James Glass.
(b) Joseph Papp.
(c) Andy Blankenbuehler.
(d) Robert Wilson.

14. Who wrote of Aaron Burr, "He is a grave, silent, strange sort of animal, insomuch that we know not what to make of him" (263)?
(a) Paul Tazewell.
(b) Dave Malloy.
(c) Alexander Hamilton.
(d) Aaron Burr.

15. For what avand-garde hip-hop group is Daveed Diggs the lead MC?
(a) Clipping.
(b) Wu-Tang Clan.
(c) Public Enemy.
(d) N.W.A.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term refers to the person who writes the scenes and dialogue that accompany the songs in a musical?

2. Who was the lighting designer for the original Broadway production of Hamilton?

3. In "Say No to This," Alexander Hamilton raps about his affair with whom?

4. What is the date of the arrangements for the Hamilton/Burr duel that is reprinted in Chapter 30?

5. The author states in Chapter 27 that, "For just as directors steer actors and choreographers guide dancers, Broadway producers" do what (241)?

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