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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 overlapping ballad is sung by Natalie and Diana in Act 2, Scene 11?
(a) "Just Another Day".
(b) "You Don't Know".
(c) "Maybe / Next to Normal".
(d) "Light".

2. In Act 2, Scene 5, Gabe sings of the hole left in Diana's mind by what?
(a) His need to be an engineer.
(b) His having been erased from her memory.
(c) His desire to climb the mountain.
(d) His love for Dan.

3. What song is sung by Diana and Dr. Madden in Act 2, Scene 7?
(a) "Everything Else".
(b) "Song of Forgetting".
(c) "Perfect for You".
(d) "I Don't Know".

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Natalie claims in Act 2, Scene 1 that she deserves to party because her mother is being what?

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

3. What in musical theater refers to a musical number in which music, ideas and even some text are sung again some time after being sung the first time?

4. Who pursues Dan in exiting Act 2, Scene 9?

5. What refers to a comparatively non-aggressive, melodic style of rock music in which the arrangement and lyrics are emphasized more than the beat?

Short Essay Questions

1. What questions does Diana bombard Dan with in Act 2, Scene 8? What is his response?

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

3. What interaction takes place between Henry and Natalie in Act 2, Scene 6?

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

5. What reprise is sung by Diana in Act 2, Scene 7? What conversation takes place between Diana and Dr. Madden in this scene?

6. What songs are sung by the ensemble in Act 2, Scene 9? What are the songs about?

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

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

9. What is revealed about the character of Natalie in Act 2, Scene 1?

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

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