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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. In Act 2, Scene 2, Natalie comments ironically on how good the treatment is - her mother's mind is "so pure / that she doesn't _____."
(a) "Question."
(b) "Remember."
(c) "Have fear."
(d) "Know anything."

2. In Act 2, Scene 3, it has been how long since Natalie and Henry have talked?
(a) Several weeks.
(b) Two days.
(c) Several months.
(d) A year.

3. What song do Natalie and Henry sing in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) "How Could I Ever Forget".
(b) "Why Stay".
(c) "Hey #1".
(d) "Hey #3".

4. What color dress does Natalie wear to the dance in Act 2, Scene 12?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

5. What reprise is sung by Natalie and Henry in Act 2, Scene 12?
(a) "I'm Alive".
(b) "Hey #3/Perfect for You".
(c) "There's a World".
(d) "Song of Forgetting".

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What song in Act 2, Scene 1 is sung by Diana and Natalie?

3. What refers to an instruction written into the script of a play, indicating stage actions, movements of performers, or production requirements?

4. Who does Dr. Madden reference, stopping the conversation cold between him and Diana in Act 2, Scene 7?

5. What does Henry claim could potentially happen, which would be perfect, in Act 2, Scene 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is symbolized in the song "Next to Normal" in the musical?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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