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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to anything, as an act or event, that serves as a stimulus and initiates or precipitates a reaction or series of reactions?
(a) Catalyst.
(b) Antagonist.
(c) Trigger.
(d) Conflict.

2. 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".

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

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

5. Who played the character of Natalie in the original Broadway cast of Next to Normal?
(a) Rebecca Hodges.
(b) Emma Hunton.
(c) Jennifer Damiano.
(d) Alice Ripley.

6. What tender ballad does Gabe sing in Act 1, Scene 10?
(a) "There's a World".
(b) "Aftershocks".
(c) "I've Been".
(d) "I Am the One".

7. 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".

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

9. Who played the character of Gabe in the original Broadway cast of Next to Normal?
(a) Aaron Tveit.
(b) Asa Somers.
(c) Louis Hobson.
(d) J. Robert Spencer.

10. Dr. Madden appears in Act 1, Scene 10, commenting as he makes a report that Diana has done what?
(a) Disappeared.
(b) Killed herself.
(c) Killed someone else.
(d) Attempted suicide.

11. 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?
(a) Gabe.
(b) Henry.
(c) Natalie.
(d) Dan.

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

13. Who appears and sings along with Dan using no words in Act 1, Scene 11?
(a) Henry.
(b) Gabe.
(c) Diana.
(d) Dr. Fine.

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

15. What song does Dan sing accompanied with the Voices in Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) "Better Than Before".
(b) "It's Gonna Be Good".
(c) "There's a World".
(d) "So Anyway".

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Diana's pharmacologist in Act 1, Scene 6?

2. Who vents her anger at being the child always disregarded in favor of her parents' concern about her brother in Act 1, Scene 7?

3. What is the name of the song in Act 1, Scene 1 in which the main characters each sing about their morning?

4. From what song does the line "things aren't as bizarre as they are" come in Next to Normal?

5. What is Diana's last name in Next to Normal?

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