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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) Catalyst.
(c) Conflict.
(d) Antagonist.

2. Who takes some of Diana's medication in Act 1, Scene 8?
(a) Henry.
(b) Gabe.
(c) Natalie.
(d) Dan.

3. 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?
(a) Natalie.
(b) Henry.
(c) Diana.
(d) Gabe.

4. What does Diana do while stating "I miss my life" in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Calls her daughter's cell phone.
(b) Attempts to hang herself.
(c) Overdoses on pills.
(d) Flushes her medicine down the toilet.

5. From what song does the line "things aren't as bizarre as they are" come in Next to Normal?
(a) "Aftershocks".
(b) "Who's Crazy".
(c) "I'm Alive".
(d) "A Light in the Dark".

Short Answer Questions

1. What word refers to anything, as an act or event, that serves as a stimulus and initiates or precipitates a reaction or series of reactions?

2. Who is the protagonist's husband in Next to Normal?

3. What does Diana make a huge pile of before collapsing on the floor in Act 1, Scene 1?

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

5. Next to Normal closed on Broadway after how many regular performances?

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