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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What refers to the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning?
(a) Lie.
(b) Rhetoric.
(c) Irony.
(d) Heresy.

3. Who invites Henry to dinner in Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) Gabe.
(b) Diana.
(c) Dan.
(d) Dr. Fine.

4. 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) Conflict.
(b) Convolution.
(c) Truth.
(d) Trigger.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Henry worried about regarding Natalie in Act 2, Scene 3?

2. What form of treatment does Diana's doctor begin in the ending of Act 1, Scene 8?

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?

4. Diana's doctor suggests that it is time for her to do what in Act 1, Scene 10?

5. In what year was Next to Normal nominated for eleven Tony Awards?

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