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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 was the name of the previous musical to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama before Next to Normal?
(a) Rent.
(b) Cats.
(c) Anna in the Tropics.
(d) Dinner with Friends.

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

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

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

5. In what year did Next to Normal win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama?
(a) 2006.
(b) 2010.
(c) 2008.
(d) 2004.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gabe's song in Act 1, Scene 8 is intercut with dialogue between Dan and whom?

2. 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?

3. What song does Dan sing as he tidies up in Act 1, Scene 11?

4. What song does Dan sing accompanied with the Voices in Act 1, Scene 5?

5. Who takes some of Diana's medication in Act 1, Scene 8?

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