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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 is the name of the protagonist's daughter in Next to Normal?
(a) Kimberly.
(b) Amy.
(c) Natalie.
(d) Diana.

2. 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) Conflict.
(b) Trigger.
(c) Antagonist.
(d) Catalyst.

3. Who played the character of Henry in the original Broadway cast of Next to Normal?
(a) Preston K. Sadleir.
(b) J. Robert Spencer.
(c) Adam Chanler-Berat.
(d) Aaron Tveit.

4. What psychiatric term refers to an experience that produces psychological injury or pain?
(a) Agitate.
(b) Trauma.
(c) Horror.
(d) Bully.

5. What refers to a substance in its carbonate or citrate form used in the treatment or prophylaxis of bipolar disorder or mania?
(a) Zoloft.
(b) Paxil.
(c) Lamictal.
(d) Lithium.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the music for Next to Normal?

2. Who played the character of Gabe in the original Broadway cast of Next to Normal?

3. What does Diana enter with after dinner in Act 1, Scene 5?

4. In what year did Next to Normal win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama?

5. Gabe's song in Act 1, Scene 8 is intercut with dialogue between Dan and whom?

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