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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In his song solo in Act 2, Scene 5, Gabe compares electroshock therapy to what?
2. In Act 2, Scene 10, Diana insists there should be no limit on the amount of time she can be allowed to do what?
3. In Act 2, Scene 10, Diana musically asks Dr. Madden what urgent driving question?
4. What song in Act 2, Scene 1 is sung by Diana and Natalie?
5. What refers to a conductor through which a current enters or leaves a nonmetallic medium, as an electrolytic cell, arc generator, vacuum tube, or gaseous discharge tube?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Dr. Madden relate about Diana's memory loss in Act 2, Scene 4?
2. What does Natalie confess in the song "Next to Normal" in Act 2, Scene 11?
3. Why is Henry worried about Natalie in Act 2, Scene 3? Where does he ask her to go?
4. What does Diana reveal to Natalie in their brief scene in Act 2, Scene 11?
5. What questions does Diana bombard Dan with in Act 2, Scene 8? What is his response?
6. What does Dan attempt to show Diana in Act 2, Scene 4? What makes Natalie almost leave?
7. What reprise is sung by Diana in Act 2, Scene 7? What conversation takes place between Diana and Dr. Madden in this scene?
8. What reaction does Diana have to returning home in Act 2, Scene 2? What song is sung?
9. What does Natalie show Diana in Act 2, Scene 4? What effect does it have?
10. What do Henry and Natalie witness between Diana and Dan in Act 2, Scene 8?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the setting of Next to Normal. What are the time and place in which the action takes place? How is the setting evoked in the music?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the relationship and correlations between Diana and Natalie in the opening of Act 2. How does this intercut scene reflect their similarities?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss use of drug treatment for bipolar disorder and the role that the drugs play in the musical. How does Diana feel when she is medicated?
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