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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In his song solo in Act 2, Scene 5, Gabe compares electroshock therapy to what?
(a) Sticking a fork in the wall outlet.
(b) The electric chair.
(c) Licking a car battery.
(d) Getting stung by bees.

2. Approximately how old was Gabe when he died?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

3. What song is sung by Doctor Madden, Dan, Natalie and Diana in Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) "Better than Before".
(b) "I Miss the Mountains".
(c) "You Don't Know".
(d) "It's Gonna Be Good".

4. Who is Diana's pharmacologist in Act 1, Scene 6?
(a) Dr. Williams.
(b) Dr. Thompson.
(c) Dr. Fine.
(d) Dr. Diaz.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What overlapping ballad is sung by Natalie and Diana in Act 2, Scene 11?

4. When Natalie is informed of the controversial therapy being used on her mother in Act 1, Scene 11, she reacts with anger, accusing Dan of what?

5. What song in Act 2, Scene 1 is sung by Diana and Natalie?

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