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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 lightly textured waltz tune does Diana sing in Act 1, Scene 10?
(a) "How Could I Ever Forget".
(b) "Song of Forgetting".
(c) "I Dreamed a Dance".
(d) "Didn't I See This Movie".

2. Where does Henry visit Natalie in Act 1, Scene 9?
(a) Backstage at a concert.
(b) At a shopping mall.
(c) In an internet cafe.
(d) At a park.

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

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

5. What is the name of the song in Act 1, Scene 1 in which the main characters each sing about their morning?
(a) "Just Another Day".
(b) "Perfect for You".
(c) "Who's Crazy".
(d) "Everything Else".

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Gabe wearing when he appears in Act 1, Scene 10?

2. Who played the character of Gabe in the original Broadway cast of Next to Normal?

3. Who appears to ask Dan why he didn't take her to the hospital in Act 1, Scene 11?

4. How many Tony Awards did Next to Normal win the year it was nominated for eleven awards?

5. Who suggests that what Diana is doing is a good idea and that she is brave in Act 1, Scene 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the music used in expressing the inner thoughts of the characters in Act 1?

2. What is the subject and style of the song "Superboy and the Invisible Girl"? Who sings it?

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

4. What is sung about and by whom in the songs "Who's Crazy" / "My Psychopharmacologist and I"?

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

6. How is the theme of hope and light symbolized in Act 1, Scenes 10 and 11?

7. What new doctor does Diana see in Act 1, Scene 8? What is revealed about her medical history?

8. How is the Goodman family portrayed in the first scenes of Act 1?

9. What do the members of the Goodman family sing about in the song "Just Another Day" in Act 1, Scene 1?

10. What is revealed about the character of Gabe in Act 1, Scenes 4 and 5?

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