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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Wave.
(b) Climax.
(c) Outcrop.
(d) Hill.

2. What form of treatment does Diana's doctor begin in the ending of Act 1, Scene 8?
(a) Hypnosis.
(b) Brain surgery.
(c) Water therapy.
(d) Shock therapy.

3. What does Diana do while stating "I miss my life" in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Attempts to hang herself.
(b) Overdoses on pills.
(c) Flushes her medicine down the toilet.
(d) Calls her daughter's cell phone.

4. In Act 1, Scene 7, Gabe appears and sings with Natalie about "the son of steel and the daughter of" what?
(a) Air.
(b) Wood.
(c) Fire.
(d) Water.

5. Who played the character of Henry in the original Broadway cast of Next to Normal?
(a) Adam Chanler-Berat.
(b) J. Robert Spencer.
(c) Preston K. Sadleir.
(d) Aaron Tveit.

6. What refers to the science dealing with the preparation, uses, and especially the effects of drugs?
(a) Pharmacology.
(b) Paleontologist.
(c) Physicist.
(d) Psychiatrist.

7. What word means to compose and perform or deliver without previous preparation; extemporize?
(a) Preach.
(b) Recite.
(c) Mimic.
(d) Improvise.

8. What multi-voiced, rock-textured ensemble number is sung by Diana, Gabe and others in Act 1, Scene 9?
(a) "He's Not Here".
(b) "Perfect for You".
(c) "I'm Alive".
(d) "Catch Me I'm Falling".

9. What is Diana's last name in Next to Normal?
(a) Goodman.
(b) Smithwick.
(c) Conroy.
(d) Jenkins.

10. In Act 1, Scene 2, music plays a classical sounding piano part with some light orchestral accompaniment in the style of what composer?
(a) Pachelbel.
(b) Mozart.
(c) Bach.
(d) Schubert.

11. What does Gabe say in Act 1, Scene 8, indicating that he is alive not only to Diana, but in other ways to Dan and Natalie too?
(a) "I cannot be forgotten."
(b) "I own you."
(c) "I live on."
(d) "You remember."

12. What does Diana enter with after dinner in Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) A book.
(b) A birthday present.
(c) A bottle of whiskey.
(d) A birthday cake.

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

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

15. Who takes some of Diana's medication in Act 1, Scene 8?
(a) Gabe.
(b) Henry.
(c) Natalie.
(d) Dan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What song does Dan sing in reply to Diana's song in Act 1, Scene 6?

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

3. What style of music does Henry play in Act 1, Scene 3, as Natalie listens?

4. Who played the character of Dr. Fine/Dr. Madden in the original Broadway cast of Next to Normal?

5. What psychiatric term refers to an experience that produces psychological injury or pain?

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