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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where was Jeremy McCarter working as a theater critic when In the Heights was premeired Off-Broadway?
(a) New York magazine.
(b) The Village Voice.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) The New Yorker magazine.

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

5. When did Elizabeth Schuyler meet Alexander Hamilton?
(a) 1780.
(b) 1800.
(c) 1775.
(d) 1785.

6. What are the names of the Schuyler sisters?
(a) Maria, Sarah, and Eliza.
(b) Peggy, Angelica, and Eliza.
(c) Anna, Angelica, and Patty.
(d) Emilia, Donna, and Roberta.

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

8. Where was the Notorious B.I.G. from?
(a) Bronx, New York.
(b) Brooklyn, New York.
(c) Detroit, Michigan.
(d) Chicago, Illinois.

9. What network drama had Leslie Odom, Jr. been cast in at the same time that he became involved with Hamilton?
(a) Assassins.
(b) State of Affairs.
(c) The Sopranos.
(d) Californication.

10. When did Hamilton open on Broadway?
(a) May 12, 2009.
(b) September 1, 2009.
(c) January 25, 2010.
(d) August 6, 2015.

11. Where does the author describe Lin and Tommy meeting with Jeffrey Seller on July 30, 2013?
(a) The White Horse Tavern.
(b) Cafe Luxembourg.
(c) The Public Theater.
(d) The Chelsea Hotel.

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

13. Lin's side notes for the song "Ten Duel Commandments" indicate that the song owes a huge debt to what book by Joanne Freeman?
(a) The Field of Blood.
(b) Walk in Darkness.
(c) Room and Board.
(d) Affairs of Honor.

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

15. Oskar Eustis states in Chapter 12 that what Lin does in Hamilton and his other works is the same as what playwright?
(a) William Shakespeare.
(b) August Wilson.
(c) Samuel Beckett.
(d) Philip Marlowe.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did Lin-Manuel Miranda co-write the stage adaptation to Bring It On?

2. To whom is Lin-Manuel Miranda married?

3. Where did Clive Campbell help to originate hip-hop music?

4. Who among the Schuyler sisters married rich and died young, thus explaining her disappearance in Act Two of the play?

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

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