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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to a type of affective disorder characterized by euphoric mood, excessive activity and talkativeness, impaired judgment, and sometimes psychotic symptoms, as grandiose delusions?
(a) Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.
(b) Schizophrenia.
(c) Autism.
(d) Manic disorder.

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

3. What is the name of the protagonist's daughter in Next to Normal?
(a) Kimberly.
(b) Natalie.
(c) Diana.
(d) Amy.

4. How old does Diana's doctor say Gabe would have been in Act 1, Scene 8?
(a) 24.
(b) 18.
(c) 12.
(d) 15.

5. 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 own you."
(b) "I cannot be forgotten."
(c) "I live on."
(d) "You remember."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What song does Gabe sing in Act 1, Scene 8?

3. What was the name of the previous musical to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama before Next to Normal?

4. What emotional ballad does Dan sing to Diana in Act 1, Scene 11?

5. In Act 1, Scene 5, Dan sings at work that things have been good at home for what period of time?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the central themes in Next to Normal. What does the story of the play revolve around?

2. What does Dan sing about in the song "It's Gonna Be Good"? Where is he?

3. Describe the structural elements which stand out in the first scenes of Act 1. How is musical improvisation used as a literary technique?

4. What does Gabe sing with Natalie about in Act 1, Scene 7?

5. What is the song "I Miss the Mountains" metaphorical for? What does Diana do while singing it?

6. What takes place at the family dinner in Act 1, Scene 5?

7. What song is performed by Diana and Gabe in Act 1, Scene 10? What does Gabe encourage Diana to do?

8. What triggers Diana's memory flashback in Act 1, Scene 4? What is the memory of?

9. What does Diana reveal to Dan in Act 1, Scene 6? What song does she sing in this scene?

10. What is symbolized in Gabe's comment "I own you," in Act 1, Scene 8? What is revealed in this scene regarding his character?

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