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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How old was Gabe when Diana recalls having rushed him to the hospital in Act 2, Scene 8?
2. What haunting ballad does Diana sing in Act 2, Scene 2?
3. What theatrical term refers to the shutting off of stage lights?
4. Natalie claims in Act 2, Scene 1 that she deserves to party because her mother is being what?
5. What does Diana reveal Gabe died from in Act 2, Scene 11?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Henry worried about Natalie in Act 2, Scene 3? Where does he ask her to go?
2. What song is sung together by Natalie and Diana in Act 2, Scene 1? What does it reveal?
3. What does Dan attempt to show Diana in Act 2, Scene 4? What makes Natalie almost leave?
4. What questions does Diana bombard Dan with in Act 2, Scene 8? What is his response?
5. What object does Gabe give Diana in Act 2, Scene 8? What song is sung?
6. What reaction does Diana have to returning home in Act 2, Scene 2? What song is sung?
7. What songs are sung by the ensemble in Act 2, Scene 9? What are the songs about?
8. Who arrives after Dan leaves in Act 2, Scene 5? What interaction takes place with Diana?
9. What does Natalie confess in the song "Next to Normal" in Act 2, Scene 11?
10. What is revealed about the character of Natalie in Act 2, Scene 1?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the setting of Next to Normal. What are the time and place in which the action takes place? How is the setting evoked in the music?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and analyze the role of Gabe in Next to Normal. With what characters does Gabe interact and what is symbolized through Gabe's character?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss the character of Henry in the narrative and the motif of drug use. How does Henry's character differ from the characters of the Goodman family?
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