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

2. What song does Diana's doctor sing in Act 1, Scene 9?
(a) "Make up your Mind".
(b) "Better Than Before".
(c) "He's Not Here".
(d) "It's Gonna Be Good".

3. Where does Henry visit Natalie in Act 1, Scene 9?
(a) At a shopping mall.
(b) In an internet cafe.
(c) Backstage at a concert.
(d) At a park.

4. In Act 1, Scene 5, Dan sings at work that things have been good at home for what period of time?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 5 days.

5. What form of treatment does Diana's doctor begin in the ending of Act 1, Scene 8?
(a) Shock therapy.
(b) Hypnosis.
(c) Water therapy.
(d) Brain surgery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gabe say in Act 1, Scene 8, indicating that he is alive not only to Diana, but in other ways to Dan and Natalie too?

2. From what song does the line "things aren't as bizarre as they are" come in Next to Normal?

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

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

5. Who comments that Dan doesn't truly care about what happened to him or about what is happening to Diana in Act 1, Scene 6?

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