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

2. Who vents her anger at being the child always disregarded in favor of her parents' concern about her brother in Act 1, Scene 7?
(a) Nancy.
(b) Natalie.
(c) Diana.
(d) Selma.

3. Who suggests that what Diana is doing is a good idea and that she is brave in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Gabe.
(b) Dr. Fine.
(c) Dan.
(d) Dr. Madden.

4. What does Diana enter with after dinner in Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) A birthday cake.
(b) A birthday present.
(c) A book.
(d) A bottle of whiskey.

5. What is Diana's last name in Next to Normal?
(a) Smithwick.
(b) Goodman.
(c) Jenkins.
(d) Conroy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What word means lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid?

3. Who played the character of Natalie in the original Broadway cast of Next to Normal?

4. What was the name of the previous musical to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama before Next to Normal?

5. What multi-voiced, rock-textured ensemble number is sung by Diana, Gabe and others in Act 1, Scene 9?

(see the answer key)

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