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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the 1973 historical novel Burr?
(a) Jack Roberts.
(b) Dave Malloy.
(c) Gore Vidal.
(d) Paul Tazewell.

2. What does Tommy call the best part of directing in Chapter 23 (206)?
(a) "Code-switching."
(b) "Supposing."
(c) "Collaborating."
(d) "Mind reading."

3. The author states in the Introduction of Chapter 23, "For if the most essential trait of the Hamilton team was relentless creativity, a close second was" what (206)?
(a) "Selective training."
(b) "Ruthless pragmatism."
(c) "Collaborative natures."
(d) "Timeless energy."

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

5. What Scripture passage, dear to Washington, is referenced in "One Last Time"?
(a) Jeremiah 29:11.
(b) Corinthians 13:4.
(c) Micah 4:4.
(d) Psalm 23.

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

7. What role did Jonathan Groff play in Hamilton on Broadway?
(a) King George III.
(b) Alexander Hamilton.
(c) Aaron Burr.
(d) James Madison.

8. 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 4, 2015.
(b) May 30, 1010.
(c) June 2, 2013.
(d) May 9, 2014.

9. In "Say No to This," Alexander Hamilton raps about his affair with whom?
(a) Maria Reynolds.
(b) Eliza Schuyler.
(c) Kim Lesley.
(d) Angelica Schuyler.

10. Where did Andy Blankenbuehler grow up?
(a) Minneapolis.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Cincinnati.
(d) Los Angeles.

11. Where did Okieriete Onaodowan grow up?
(a) Newark, New Jersey.
(b) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(c) West Orange, New Jersey.
(d) Brooklyn, New York.

12. When was Theodosia Burr born?
(a) June, 1783.
(b) January, 1782.
(c) June, 1788.
(d) September, 1785.

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

14. Where was the Emanuel A.M.E. Church that was the target of a mass shooting in 2015?
(a) Birmingham, Alabama.
(b) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(c) Charleston, South Carolina.
(d) Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Lin-Manuel Miranda attend high school?

2. Where did Daveed Diggs grow up?

3. On what date did three congressmen confront "Hamilton with what they thought was evidence that he had misused Treasury funds, only to discover that they had stumbled up a very different offense..." (225)?

4. Where was Aaron Burr born?

5. Who was the prop master at the Public who designed props for the original production of Hamilton?

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