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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word refers to anything, as an act or event, that serves as a stimulus and initiates or precipitates a reaction or series of reactions?
(a) Truth.
(b) Trigger.
(c) Convolution.
(d) Conflict.

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

3. What song does Dan sing accompanied with the Voices in Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) "Better Than Before".
(b) "There's a World".
(c) "So Anyway".
(d) "It's Gonna Be Good".

4. Next to Normal closed on Broadway after how many regular performances?
(a) 518.
(b) 421.
(c) 733.
(d) 239.

5. What refers to the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning?
(a) Heresy.
(b) Irony.
(c) Lie.
(d) Rhetoric.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Diana make a huge pile of before collapsing on the floor in Act 1, Scene 1?

2. Who played the character of Dr. Fine/Dr. Madden in the original Broadway cast of Next to Normal?

3. Act 1, Scene 4 flashes back to Dan's proposal, which was prompted by the news that Diana was what?

4. What song does Diana, Natalie and Gabe sing in Act 1, Scene 7?

5. In Act 1, Scene 2, music plays a classical sounding piano part with some light orchestral accompaniment in the style of what composer?

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