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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Act 2, Scene 2, Natalie comments ironically on how good the treatment is - her mother's mind is "so pure / that she doesn't _____."
(a) "Remember."
(b) "Question."
(c) "Know anything."
(d) "Have fear."

2. In Act 2, Scene 10, Diana musically asks Dr. Madden what urgent driving question?
(a) What happened to Dr. Smith?
(b) How long will the therapy last?
(c) How will the new drugs affect her memory?
(d) What happens when a treatment reveals a wound different from the one that had originally been treated?

3. What refers to an instruction written into the script of a play, indicating stage actions, movements of performers, or production requirements?
(a) Stage directions.
(b) Functionality.
(c) Physical script.
(d) Kinetic directions.

4. What does Dan take from Diana and break in Act 2, Scene 8?
(a) A vase.
(b) A toy.
(c) A watch.
(d) The music box.

5. What refers to a division of a play or of an act of a play, usually representing what passes between certain of the actors in one place?
(a) Chapter.
(b) Clip.
(c) Montage.
(d) Scene.

6. Natalie claims in Act 2, Scene 1 that she deserves to party because her mother is being what?
(a) Electrocuted.
(b) Crazy.
(c) Depressed.
(d) Forgetful.

7. What objects does Dan show Diana in Act 2, Scene 4 which she does not remember?
(a) Her birth certificate.
(b) Gabe's obituary.
(c) Her teddy bear.
(d) Their wedding rings.

8. When Diana is unable to remember Natalie in a photo, Natalie attempts to do what in Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) Kill herself.
(b) Leave.
(c) Call Henry.
(d) Slap her mother.

9. In Act 2, Scene 3, it has been how long since Natalie and Henry have talked?
(a) A year.
(b) Several weeks.
(c) Two days.
(d) Several months.

10. 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".

11. In Act 2, Scene 11, Natalie sings that normal is too far away, but that she'd settle for something what?
(a) "Next to Normal".
(b) "I Am the One".
(c) "You Don't Know".
(d) "I Miss the Mountains".

12. What song in Act 2, Scene 1 is sung by Diana and Natalie?
(a) "Wish I Were Here".
(b) "Superboy and the Invisible Girl".
(c) "Everything Else".
(d) "Seconds and Years".

13. What is defined as existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent?
(a) Duplicate.
(b) Difference.
(c) Simultaneous.
(d) Consecutive.

14. By what name does Diana refer to her doctor in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Dr. Smith.
(b) Dr. Ford.
(c) Dr. Mitchell.
(d) Dr. Cooper.

15. What refers to a conductor through which a current enters or leaves a nonmetallic medium, as an electrolytic cell, arc generator, vacuum tube, or gaseous discharge tube?
(a) Capacitor.
(b) Switch.
(c) Fuse.
(d) Electrode.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henry claim could potentially happen, which would be perfect, in Act 2, Scene 12?

2. In a reprise of what song in Act 2, Scene 10 do Diana and Gabe both resist the idea of more talk and electroshock therapy?

3. The song sung by Natalie and Henry in Act 2, Scene 6 is a reprise of what song?

4. Natalie confesses in Act 2, Scene 11 that she once wished what?

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

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