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

2. What word means to make (oneself or another) no longer opposed; cause to acquiesce in something unpleasant?
(a) Agitate.
(b) Reconciliation.
(c) Elope.
(d) Migrate.

3. Who does Dr. Madden reference, stopping the conversation cold between him and Diana in Act 2, Scene 7?
(a) Natalie.
(b) Gabe.
(c) Henry.
(d) Dan.

4. Who pursues Dan in exiting Act 2, Scene 9?
(a) Henry.
(b) Natalie.
(c) Gabe.
(d) Diana.

5. What does Henry claim could potentially happen, which would be perfect, in Act 2, Scene 12?
(a) They could have children.
(b) Natalie could become famous.
(c) They could both go crazy.
(d) The could become extremely wealthy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What refers to a bouncy, fast pace in music?

3. What does Henry want to take Natalie to in Act 2, Scene 3?

4. In Act 2, Scene 6, an argument almost erupts between Henry and Natalie, but Henry defuses it by saying he'll come by when to take her to the dance?

5. What does Gabe hand to Diana in Act 2, Scene 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Diana reveal to Natalie in their brief scene in Act 2, Scene 11?

2. What does Dr. Madden relate about Diana's memory loss in Act 2, Scene 4?

3. What does Natalie confess in the song "Next to Normal" in Act 2, Scene 11?

4. What reaction does Diana have to returning home in Act 2, Scene 2? What song is sung?

5. What object does Gabe give Diana in Act 2, Scene 8? What song is sung?

6. What ironic comment does Natalie make about her mother's treatment in Act 2, Scene 2?

7. What does Natalie show Diana in Act 2, Scene 4? What effect does it have?

8. What song is sung together by Natalie and Diana in Act 2, Scene 1? What does it reveal?

9. How do the scenes flow between Act 2 Scenes 7 and 8? What does this represent symbolically?

10. What is the conclusion of Diana's and Dr. Madden's disagreement in Act 2, Scene 10?

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