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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What tender ballad does Gabe sing in Act 1, Scene 10?
(a) "There's a World".
(b) "I Am the One".
(c) "Aftershocks".
(d) "I've Been".

2. Who pursues Dan in exiting Act 2, Scene 9?
(a) Gabe.
(b) Natalie.
(c) Diana.
(d) Henry.

3. What drug do Natalie and Henry use in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Methamphetamine.
(b) LSD.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Marijuana.

4. Who played the character of Gabe in the original Broadway cast of Next to Normal?
(a) J. Robert Spencer.
(b) Asa Somers.
(c) Aaron Tveit.
(d) Louis Hobson.

5. What was the name of the previous musical to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama before Next to Normal?
(a) Dinner with Friends.
(b) Rent.
(c) Anna in the Tropics.
(d) Cats.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is defined as existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent?

2. What is Diana's last name in Next to Normal?

3. Natalie claims in Act 2, Scene 1 that she deserves to party because her mother is being what?

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

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

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