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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word means lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid?
(a) Intracable.
(b) Camoflauged.
(c) Implacable.
(d) Dormant.

2. Who wrote the music for Next to Normal?
(a) Edward Holmes.
(b) John Robbins.
(c) Tom Kitt.
(d) Matthew Johnson.

3. What word (in a dramatic or literary work) refers to a decisive moment that is of maximum intensity or is a major turning point in a plot?
(a) Hill.
(b) Wave.
(c) Climax.
(d) Outcrop.

4. What song does Diana sing about her longing for feeling in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) "I Miss the Mountains".
(b) "I've Been".
(c) "The Break".
(d) "Everything Else".

5. In Act 1, Scene 7, Gabe appears and sings with Natalie about "the son of steel and the daughter of" what?
(a) Air.
(b) Fire.
(c) Water.
(d) Wood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What form of treatment does Diana's doctor begin in the ending of Act 1, Scene 8?

2. Who played the character of Henry in the original Broadway cast of Next to Normal?

3. Who takes some of Diana's medication in Act 1, Scene 8?

4. When Natalie is informed of the controversial therapy being used on her mother in Act 1, Scene 11, she reacts with anger, accusing Dan of what?

5. What is the name of the protagonist's son who died in the musical?

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