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

2. What word means lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid?
(a) Dormant.
(b) Intracable.
(c) Implacable.
(d) Camoflauged.

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

4. Who does Diana comment was as "high-spirited" as she is when speaking with her new doctor in Act 1, Scene 8?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her sister.

5. Gabe's song in Act 1, Scene 8 is intercut with dialogue between Dan and whom?
(a) Henry.
(b) Dr. Fine.
(c) Diana.
(d) Natalie.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Where does Henry visit Natalie in Act 1, Scene 9?

3. Who pursues Dan in exiting Act 2, Scene 9?

4. Who played the character of Henry in the original Broadway cast of Next to Normal?

5. Diana sings that she believes her real problem is not in her mind but in what, in Act 2, Scene 10?

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