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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to instructions written into the script of a play, indicating stage actions, movements of performers, or production requirements?
(a) Dance numbers.
(b) Stage directions.
(c) Lines.
(d) Props.

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

3. Gabe's song in Act 1, Scene 8 is intercut with dialogue between Dan and whom?
(a) Dr. Fine.
(b) Natalie.
(c) Diana.
(d) Henry.

4. What hard-driving rock tune does Diana sing in Act 1, Scene 11?
(a) "A Light in the Dark".
(b) "Why Stay".
(c) "Didn't I See this Movie".
(d) "How Could I Ever Forget".

5. What does Diana make a huge pile of before collapsing on the floor in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Sandwiches.
(b) Crackers.
(c) Cookies.
(d) Fruit.

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

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

8. What hard driving rock tune does Diana sing in Act 1, Scene 6?
(a) "You Don't Know".
(b) "Didn't I See This Movie".
(c) "I Am the One".
(d) "Aftershocks".

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

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

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

12. Diana reveals what to Dan in Act 1, Scene 6?
(a) She hates her doctor.
(b) She tried to overdose on her pills.
(c) She misses her son.
(d) She's stopped taking her medications.

13. In what year was Next to Normal nominated for eleven Tony Awards?
(a) 2000.
(b) 2002.
(c) 2005.
(d) 2009.

14. From what mental illness does the protagonist of Next to Normal suffer?
(a) Dyslexia.
(b) Multiple Personality Disorder.
(c) Schizophrenia.
(d) Bipolar Disorder.

15. What song does Diana sing about her longing for feeling in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) "Everything Else".
(b) "I Miss the Mountains".
(c) "I've Been".
(d) "The Break".

Short Answer Questions

1. What reflective ballad does Dan sing in Act 1, Scene 5 about his son?

2. In Act 1, Scene 7, Gabe appears and sings with Natalie about "the son of steel and the daughter of" what?

3. What drug do Natalie and Henry use in Act 1, Scene 4?

4. Who wrote the music for Next to Normal?

5. In Act 1, Scene 11, Dr. Madden tries to convince Diana to try the controversial therapy while who attempts to convince her not to try it?

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