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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. How many Tony Awards did Next to Normal win the year it was nominated for eleven awards?
(a) 0.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 6.

2. Who wrote the music for Next to Normal?
(a) Matthew Johnson.
(b) Tom Kitt.
(c) Edward Holmes.
(d) John Robbins.

3. 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?
(a) Hill.
(b) Wave.
(c) Climax.
(d) Outcrop.

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

5. In Act 1, Scene 2, music plays a classical sounding piano part with some light orchestral accompaniment in the style of what composer?
(a) Pachelbel.
(b) Bach.
(c) Schubert.
(d) Mozart.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who invites Henry to dinner in Act 1, Scene 5?

3. What doctor does Diana go to see in Act 1, Scene 3?

4. What lightly textured waltz tune does Diana sing in Act 1, Scene 10?

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

(see the answer key)

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