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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. Who appears and sings along with Dan using no words in Act 1, Scene 11?
(a) Henry.
(b) Diana.
(c) Dr. Fine.
(d) Gabe.

2. What word means lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid?
(a) Camoflauged.
(b) Implacable.
(c) Dormant.
(d) Intracable.

3. What is the title of the song sung by Natalie in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) "Just Another Day".
(b) "I'm Alive".
(c) "Everything Else".
(d) "I Dreamed a Dance".

4. What emotional ballad does Dan sing to Diana in Act 1, Scene 11?
(a) "Hey #2".
(b) "I'm Alive".
(c) "It's Gonna Be Good".
(d) "A Light in the Dark".

5. What lightly textured waltz tune does Diana sing in Act 1, Scene 10?
(a) "I Dreamed a Dance".
(b) "Song of Forgetting".
(c) "How Could I Ever Forget".
(d) "Didn't I See This Movie".

Short Answer Questions

1. Act 1, Scene 4 flashes back to Dan's proposal, which was prompted by the news that Diana was what?

2. What refers to a substance in its carbonate or citrate form used in the treatment or prophylaxis of bipolar disorder or mania?

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

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

5. In Act 1, Scene 2, music plays a classical sounding piano part with some light orchestral accompaniment in the style of what composer?

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