Next to Normal Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Brian Yorkey
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 132 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Next to Normal Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was Next to Normal nominated for eleven Tony Awards?
(a) 2005.
(b) 2009.
(c) 2000.
(d) 2002.

2. What song does Gabe sing in Act 1, Scene 8?
(a) "I Miss the Mountains".
(b) "The Break".
(c) "I'm Alive".
(d) "You Don't Know".

3. What song does Dan sing as he tidies up in Act 1, Scene 11?
(a) "I Miss the Mountains".
(b) "I Dreamed a Dance".
(c) "I Am the One".
(d) "I've Been".

4. Who is Diana's pharmacologist in Act 1, Scene 6?
(a) Dr. Thompson.
(b) Dr. Williams.
(c) Dr. Diaz.
(d) Dr. Fine.

5. Who is the protagonist's husband in Next to Normal?
(a) Dr. Fine.
(b) Dan.
(c) Henry.
(d) Gabe.

6. What word means to compose and perform or deliver without previous preparation; extemporize?
(a) Recite.
(b) Mimic.
(c) Preach.
(d) Improvise.

7. Who does Diana say she couldn't hold when she was born in Act 1, Scene 9?
(a) Natalie.
(b) Susan.
(c) Jennifer.
(d) Melissa.

8. Dr. Madden appears in Act 1, Scene 10, commenting as he makes a report that Diana has done what?
(a) Killed someone else.
(b) Disappeared.
(c) Killed herself.
(d) Attempted suicide.

9. Who appears and sings along with Dan using no words in Act 1, Scene 11?
(a) Gabe.
(b) Diana.
(c) Henry.
(d) Dr. Fine.

10. 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) Outcrop.
(b) Climax.
(c) Wave.
(d) Hill.

11. From what song does the line "things aren't as bizarre as they are" come in Next to Normal?
(a) "Who's Crazy".
(b) "I'm Alive".
(c) "A Light in the Dark".
(d) "Aftershocks".

12. In Act 1, Scene 2, music plays a classical sounding piano part with some light orchestral accompaniment in the style of what composer?
(a) Pachelbel.
(b) Mozart.
(c) Schubert.
(d) Bach.

13. Who invites Henry to dinner in Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) Dr. Fine.
(b) Dan.
(c) Diana.
(d) Gabe.

14. What emotional ballad does Dan sing to Diana in Act 1, Scene 11?
(a) "A Light in the Dark".
(b) "It's Gonna Be Good".
(c) "Hey #2".
(d) "I'm Alive".

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who appears to ask Dan why he didn't take her to the hospital in Act 1, Scene 11?

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

3. Who does Diana comment was as "high-spirited" as she is when speaking with her new doctor in Act 1, Scene 8?

4. Who wrote the music for Next to Normal?

5. Who played the character of Dan in the original Broadway cast of Next to Normal?

(see the answer keys)

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