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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 happens to Natalie as Diana's body is taken into the treatment room in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) She starts to cry.
(b) She has a siezure.
(c) She starts bleeding.
(d) She collapses.

2. What song is sung by Gabe in reprise in Act 2, Scene 9?
(a) "The Break".
(b) "I'm Alive".
(c) "Song of Forgetting".
(d) "Perfect for You".

3. What does Gabe hand to Diana in Act 2, Scene 8?
(a) A newspaper clipping.
(b) A book.
(c) A photograph.
(d) The music box.

4. Natalie confesses in Act 2, Scene 11 that she once wished what?
(a) Diana would die.
(b) Dan would die.
(c) Dan could leave Diana.
(d) She could leave Henry.

5. In his song solo in Act 2, Scene 5, Gabe compares electroshock therapy to what?
(a) Sticking a fork in the wall outlet.
(b) Licking a car battery.
(c) Getting stung by bees.
(d) The electric chair.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act 2, Scene 11, Diana meets Natalie, telling her that she's going to take Natalie where?

2. What word means to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner?

3. In Act 2, Scene 5, Gabe sings of the hole left in Diana's mind by what?

4. What quickly paced, urgent number is sung by Gabe in Act 2, Scene 5?

5. The song sung by Dr. Madden and Diana in Act 2, Scene 7 is a reprise of what earlier song?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Dan attempt to show Diana in Act 2, Scene 4? What makes Natalie almost leave?

4. Why is Henry worried about Natalie in Act 2, Scene 3? Where does he ask her to go?

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

6. What is revealed in the conversation between Henry and Natalie in Act 2, Scene 12?

7. What song does Gabe sing in Act 2, Scene 5? What metaphor is used in the song?

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

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

10. What do Henry and Natalie witness between Diana and Dan in Act 2, Scene 8?

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