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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What song does Gabe sing in Act 1, Scene 8?
(a) "The Break".
(b) "I Miss the Mountains".
(c) "You Don't Know".
(d) "I'm Alive".

2. Who played the character of Natalie in the original Broadway cast of Next to Normal?
(a) Rebecca Hodges.
(b) Emma Hunton.
(c) Alice Ripley.
(d) Jennifer Damiano.

3. What refers to the intentional taking of one's own life?
(a) Homicide.
(b) Euthanasia.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Assault.

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

5. 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?
(a) Trigger.
(b) Convolution.
(c) Truth.
(d) Conflict.

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. What style of music does Henry play in Act 1, Scene 3, as Natalie listens?

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

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

5. What word means to compose and perform or deliver without previous preparation; extemporize?

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